Em9♭5 banjo chord

How to play Em9♭5 on banjo

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

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

What notes are in Em9♭5?

Em9♭5, E half-diminished ninth, is E, G, B♭, D and F♯: the root (E), the minor third (G), the diminished fifth (B♭), the minor seventh (D) and the ninth (F♯). Its formula is 1 ♭3 ♭5 ♭7 9.