Em11♭5 8-string bass chord

How to play Em11♭5 on 8-string bass

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

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

What notes are in Em11♭5?

Em11♭5, E half-diminished eleventh, is E, G, B♭, D, F♯ and A: the root (E), the minor third (G), the diminished fifth (B♭), the minor seventh (D), the ninth (F♯) and the eleventh (A). Its formula is 1 ♭3 ♭5 ♭7 9 11.