B♭7(add11) 8-string bass chord

How to play B♭7(add11) on 8-string bass

The most common way, the first shape above: your index finger on the A string at the 1st fret, your middle finger on the D string at the 1st fret, your ring finger on the G string at the 1st fret and your little finger on the C string at the 2nd fret. Let the F string ring open. Don’t play the F♯, B and E strings.

From the F♯ string x x x 1 1 1 2 0 (x: not played, 0: open)

What notes are in B♭7(add11)?

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