D9♭5 7-string guitar chord

How to play D9♭5 on 7-string guitar

The most common way, the first shape above: lay your index finger flat across the four strings from the D to the high E at the 4th fret, your middle finger on the A string at the 5th fret, your ring finger on the G string at the 5th fret and your little finger on the high B string at the 5th fret. Don’t play the low B and low E strings.

From the low B string x x 5 4 5 5 4 (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.