A9♭5 8-string bass chord

How to play A9♭5 on 8-string bass

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

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

What notes are in A9♭5?

A9♭5, A ninth flat five, is A, C♯, E♭, G and B: the root (A), the major third (C♯), the diminished fifth (E♭), the minor seventh (G) and the ninth (B). Its formula is 1 3 ♭5 ♭7 9.