Cm11♭5 8-string bass chord

How to play Cm11♭5 on 8-string bass

The most common way, the first shape above: your index finger on the A string at the 3rd fret, your little finger on the D string at the 4th fret, your middle finger on the G string at the 3rd fret and your ring finger on the C string at the 3rd fret. Let the F string ring open. Don’t play the F♯, B and E strings.

From the F♯ string x x x 3 4 3 3 0 (x: not played, 0: open)

What notes are in Cm11♭5?

Cm11♭5, C half-diminished eleventh, is C, E♭, G♭, B♭, D and F: the root (C), the minor third (E♭), the diminished fifth (G♭), the minor seventh (B♭), the ninth (D) and the eleventh (F). Its formula is 1 ♭3 ♭5 ♭7 9 11.