Dm9♭5 8-string bass chord

How to play Dm9♭5 on 8-string bass

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

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

What notes are in Dm9♭5?

Dm9♭5, D half-diminished ninth, is D, F, A♭, C and E: the root (D), the minor third (F), the diminished fifth (A♭), the minor seventh (C) and the ninth (E). Its formula is 1 ♭3 ♭5 ♭7 9.