Fm9 8-string bass chord

How to play Fm9 on 8-string bass

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

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

What notes are in Fm9?

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