D7♯11 8-string guitar chord

How to play D7♯11 on 8-string guitar

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

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

What notes are in D7♯11?

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