E7♭9 8-string guitar chord

How to play E7♭9 on 8-string guitar

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

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

What notes are in E7♭9?

E7♭9, E dominant seventh flat nine, is E, G♯, B, D and F: the root (E), the major third (G♯), the perfect fifth (B), the minor seventh (D) and the flat ninth (F). Its formula is 1 3 5 ♭7 ♭9.