A7♭9 banjo chord

How to play A7♭9 on banjo

The most common way, the first shape above: your middle finger on the low D string at the 7th fret, your index finger on the G string at the 6th fret, your ring finger on the B string at the 8th fret and your little finger on the high D string at the 8th fret. Don’t play the short G string.

From the short G string x 7 6 8 8 (x: not played, 0: open)

What notes are in A7♭9?

A7♭9, A dominant seventh flat nine, is A, C♯, E, G and B♭: the root (A), the major third (C♯), the perfect fifth (E), the minor seventh (G) and the flat ninth (B♭). Its formula is 1 3 5 ♭7 ♭9.