Gmaj9 8-string bass chord

How to play Gmaj9 on 8-string bass

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

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

What notes are in Gmaj9?

Gmaj9, G major ninth, is G, B, D, F♯ and A: the root (G), the major third (B), the perfect fifth (D), the major seventh (F♯) and the ninth (A). Its formula is 1 3 5 7 9.