Em7♭9 6-string bass chord

How to play Em7♭9 on 6-string bass

The most common way, the first shape above: your middle finger on the A string at the 5th fret, your ring finger on the D string at the 5th fret, your index finger on the G string at the 4th fret and your little finger on the C string at the 5th fret. Let the E string ring open. Don’t play the B string.

From the B string x 0 5 5 4 5 (x: not played, 0: open)

What notes are in Em7♭9?

Em7♭9, E minor seventh flat nine, is E, G, B, D and F: the root (E), the minor third (G), the perfect fifth (B), the minor seventh (D) and the flat ninth (F). Its formula is 1 ♭3 5 ♭7 ♭9.