Cm7♭9 8-string bass chord

How to play Cm7♭9 on 8-string bass

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

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

What notes are in Cm7♭9?

Cm7♭9, C minor seventh flat nine, is C, E♭, G, B♭ and D♭: the root (C), the minor third (E♭), the perfect fifth (G), the minor seventh (B♭) and the flat ninth (D♭). Its formula is 1 ♭3 5 ♭7 ♭9.