Cmaj7♯5♯11 8-string bass chord

How to play Cmaj7♯5♯11 on 8-string bass

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

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

What notes are in Cmaj7♯5♯11?

Cmaj7♯5♯11, C Lydian augmented, is C, E, G♯, B and F♯: the root (C), the major third (E), the augmented fifth (G♯), the major seventh (B) and the sharp eleventh (F♯). Its formula is 1 3 ♯5 7 ♯11.