Fmaj9♯5 8-string bass chord

How to play Fmaj9♯5 on 8-string bass

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

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

What notes are in Fmaj9♯5?

Fmaj9♯5, F major ninth sharp five, is F, A, C♯, E and G: the root (F), the major third (A), the augmented fifth (C♯), the major seventh (E) and the ninth (G). Its formula is 1 3 ♯5 7 9.