Emaj9♯5 8-string guitar chord

How to play Emaj9♯5 on 8-string guitar

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

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

What notes are in Emaj9♯5?

Emaj9♯5, E major ninth sharp five, is E, G♯, B♯, D♯ and F♯: the root (E), the major third (G♯), the augmented fifth (B♯), the major seventh (D♯) and the ninth (F♯). Its formula is 1 3 ♯5 7 9.