Bm9 8-string bass chord

How to play Bm9 on 8-string bass

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

From the F♯ string x 0 2 0 0 2 1 x (x: not played, 0: open)

What notes are in Bm9?

Bm9, B minor ninth, is B, D, F♯, A and C♯: the root (B), the minor third (D), the perfect fifth (F♯), the minor seventh (A) and the ninth (C♯). Its formula is 1 ♭3 5 ♭7 9.