A9♭5 banjo chord

How to play A9♭5 on banjo

The most common way, the first shape above: your little finger on the low D string at the 11th fret, your index finger on the G string at the 8th fret, your ring finger on the B string at the 10th fret and your middle finger on the high D string at the 9th fret. Let the short G string ring open.

From the short G string 0 11 8 10 9 (x: not played, 0: open)

What notes are in A9♭5?

A9♭5, A ninth flat five, is A, C♯, E♭, G and B: the root (A), the major third (C♯), the diminished fifth (E♭), the minor seventh (G) and the ninth (B). Its formula is 1 3 ♭5 ♭7 9.