A7♯11 8-string guitar chord

How to play A7♯11 on 8-string guitar

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

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

What notes are in A7♯11?

A7♯11, A Lydian dominant seventh, is A, C♯, E, G and D♯: the root (A), the major third (C♯), the perfect fifth (E), the minor seventh (G) and the sharp eleventh (D♯). Its formula is 1 3 5 ♭7 ♯11.