Amaj7♯5♯11 guitar chord

How to play Amaj7♯5♯11 on guitar

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

From the low E string x 0 1 1 2 1 (x: not played, 0: open)

What notes are in Amaj7♯5♯11?

Amaj7♯5♯11, A Lydian augmented, is A, C♯, E♯, G♯ and D♯: the root (A), the major third (C♯), the augmented fifth (E♯), the major seventh (G♯) and the sharp eleventh (D♯). Its formula is 1 3 ♯5 7 ♯11.