Cm11 8-string bass chord

How to play Cm11 on 8-string bass

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

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

What notes are in Cm11?

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