Dm7♭9 7-string bass chord

How to play Dm7♭9 on 7-string bass

The most common way, the first shape above: your middle finger on the B string at the 3rd fret, your ring finger on the A string at the 3rd fret, your ring finger on the D string at the 3rd fret, your index finger on the G string at the 2nd fret and your little finger on the C string at the 3rd fret. Let the F string ring open. Don’t play the E string.

From the B string 3 x 3 3 2 3 0 (x: not played, 0: open)

What notes are in Dm7♭9?

Dm7♭9, D minor seventh flat nine, is D, F, A, C and E♭: the root (D), the minor third (F), the perfect fifth (A), the minor seventh (C) and the flat ninth (E♭). Its formula is 1 ♭3 5 ♭7 ♭9.