Emaj7♯11 8-string guitar chord

How to play Emaj7♯11 on 8-string guitar

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

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

What notes are in Emaj7♯11?

Emaj7♯11, E major seventh sharp eleven, is E, G♯, B, D♯ and A♯: the root (E), the major third (G♯), the perfect fifth (B), the major seventh (D♯) and the sharp eleventh (A♯). Its formula is 1 3 5 7 ♯11.