D7♭9♯11 8-string bass chord

How to play D7♭9♯11 on 8-string bass

The most common way, the first shape above: lay your index finger flat across the two strings from the D to the G at the 1st fret, your little finger on the B string at the 3rd fret and your ring finger on the E string at the 2nd fret. Let the A and C strings ring open. Don’t play the F♯ and F strings.

From the F♯ string x 3 2 0 1 1 0 x (x: not played, 0: open)

What notes are in D7♭9♯11?

D7♭9♯11, D dominant seventh flat nine sharp eleven, is D, F♯, A, C, E♭ and G♯: the root (D), the major third (F♯), the perfect fifth (A), the minor seventh (C), the flat ninth (E♭) and the sharp eleventh (G♯). Its formula is 1 3 5 ♭7 ♭9 ♯11.