D9♭5 7-string bass chord

How to play D9♭5 on 7-string bass

The most common way, the first shape above: lay your index finger flat across the five strings from the E to the C at the 4th fret, your undefined finger on the B string at the 3rd fret, your ring finger on the A string at the 5th fret and your little finger on the G string at the 5th fret. Don’t play the F string.

From the B string 3 4 5 4 5 4 x (x: not played, 0: open)

What notes are in D9♭5?

D9♭5, D ninth flat five, is D, F♯, A♭, C and E: the root (D), the major third (F♯), the diminished fifth (A♭), the minor seventh (C) and the ninth (E). Its formula is 1 3 ♭5 ♭7 9.