Fm9♭5 8-string bass chord

How to play Fm9♭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 6th fret, your middle finger on the E string at the 7th fret, your little finger on the G string at the 8th fret and your ring finger on the C string at the 7th fret. Don’t play the F♯ and F strings.

From the F♯ string x 6 7 6 6 8 7 x (x: not played, 0: open)

What notes are in Fm9♭5?

Fm9♭5, F half-diminished ninth, is F, A♭, C♭, E♭ and G: the root (F), the minor third (A♭), the diminished fifth (C♭), the minor seventh (E♭) and the ninth (G). Its formula is 1 ♭3 ♭5 ♭7 9.