E7(add11) 5-string bass chord

How to play E7(add11) on 5-string bass

The most common way, the first shape above: your index finger on the G string at the 1st fret. Let the E, A and D strings ring open. Don’t play the B string.

From the B string x 0 0 0 1 (x: not played, 0: open)

What notes are in E7(add11)?

E7(add11), E dominant seventh added eleventh, is E, G♯, B, D and A: the root (E), the major third (G♯), the perfect fifth (B), the minor seventh (D) and the eleventh (A). Its formula is 1 3 5 ♭7 11.