F♯7♭9 8-string bass chord

How to play F♯7♭9 on 8-string bass

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

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

What notes are in F♯7♭9?

F♯7♭9, F♯ dominant seventh flat nine, is F♯, A♯, C♯, E and G: the root (F♯), the major third (A♯), the perfect fifth (C♯), the minor seventh (E) and the flat ninth (G). Its formula is 1 3 5 ♭7 ♭9.