A9♯11 5-string bass chord

How to play A9♯11 on 5-string bass

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

From the B string 0 5 6 5 6 (x: not played, 0: open)

What notes are in A9♯11?

A9♯11, A dominant ninth sharp eleven, is A, C♯, E, G, B and D♯: the root (A), the major third (C♯), the perfect fifth (E), the minor seventh (G), the ninth (B) and the sharp eleventh (D♯). Its formula is 1 3 5 ♭7 9 ♯11.