E9♭5 7-string guitar chord

How to play E9♭5 on 7-string guitar

The most common way, the first shape above: your index finger on the A string at the 1st fret, your middle finger on the G string at the 1st fret, your little finger on the high B string at the 3rd fret and your ring finger on the high E string at the 2nd fret. Let the low E and D strings ring open. Don’t play the low B string.

From the low B string x 0 1 0 1 3 2 (x: not played, 0: open)

What notes are in E9♭5?

E9♭5, E ninth flat five, is E, G♯, B♭, D and F♯: the root (E), the major third (G♯), the diminished fifth (B♭), the minor seventh (D) and the ninth (F♯). Its formula is 1 3 ♭5 ♭7 9.