A7♯11 banjo chord

How to play A7♯11 on banjo

The most common way, the first shape above: your middle finger on the low D string at the 2nd fret, your middle finger on the G string at the 2nd fret, your middle finger on the B string at the 2nd fret and your index finger on the high D string at the 1st fret. Let the short G string ring open.

From the short G string 0 2 2 2 1 (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.