A9♯5 8-string bass chord

How to play A9♯5 on 8-string bass

The most common way, the first shape above: lay your index finger flat across the three strings from the B to the A at the 2nd fret, your middle finger on the F♯ string at the 3rd fret, your ring finger on the E string at the 3rd fret and your little finger on the D string at the 3rd fret. Don’t play the G, C and F strings.

From the F♯ string 3 2 3 2 3 x x x (x: not played, 0: open)

What notes are in A9♯5?

A9♯5, A ninth sharp five, is A, C♯, E♯, G and B: the root (A), the major third (C♯), the augmented fifth (E♯), the minor seventh (G) and the ninth (B). Its formula is 1 3 ♯5 ♭7 9.