G7♭9 5-string bass chord

How to play G7♭9 on 5-string bass

The most common way, the first shape above: your ring finger on the B string at the 8th fret, your middle finger on the E string at the 7th fret, your little finger on the A string at the 8th fret and your index finger on the D string at the 6th fret. Don’t play the G string.

From the B string 8 7 8 6 x (x: not played, 0: open)

What notes are in G7♭9?

G7♭9, G dominant seventh flat nine, is G, B, D, F and A♭: the root (G), the major third (B), the perfect fifth (D), the minor seventh (F) and the flat ninth (A♭). Its formula is 1 3 5 ♭7 ♭9.