A7♭9 mandolin chord

How to play A7♭9 on mandolin

The most common way, the first shape above: your index finger on the G string at the 2nd fret, your ring finger on the D string at the 5th fret, your middle finger on the A string at the 4th fret and your little finger on the E string at the 6th fret.

From the G string 2 5 4 6 (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.