Cmaj7♯11 8-string bass chord

How to play Cmaj7♯11 on 8-string bass

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

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

What notes are in Cmaj7♯11?

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