C♯9♭5 banjo chord

How to play C♯9♭5 on banjo

The most common way, the first shape above: your ring finger on the low D string at the 3rd fret, your little finger on the G string at the 4th fret, your middle finger on the B string at the 2nd fret and your index finger on the high D string at the 1st fret. Let the short G string ring open.

From the short G string 0 3 4 2 1 (x: not played, 0: open)

What notes are in C♯9♭5?

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