E9♭5 8-string bass chord

How to play E9♭5 on 8-string bass

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

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

What notes are in E9♭5?

E9♭5, E ninth flat five, is E, G♯, B♭, D and F♯: the root (E), the major third (G♯), the diminished fifth (B♭), the minor seventh (D) and the ninth (F♯). Its formula is 1 3 ♭5 ♭7 9.