Dmaj9 8-string bass chord

How to play Dmaj9 on 8-string bass

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

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

What notes are in Dmaj9?

Dmaj9, D major ninth, is D, F♯, A, C♯ and E: the root (D), the major third (F♯), the perfect fifth (A), the major seventh (C♯) and the ninth (E). Its formula is 1 3 5 7 9.