Voicing of Altered

Type B

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Left hand
C3
Right hand
Bb3D#4E4G#4
Family
4-Note Rootless (Type A/B)

The Type B voicing of C7alt stacks Bb, D#, E and G# from the bottom up: the minor 7th, sharp 9th, major 3rd and sharp 5th of the chord. It leaves out the root, C, for the left hand or the bass player to take.

It's one of the 4-Note Rootless (Type A/B) voicings: four-note rootless voicings in their two forms, with the 3rd or the 7th on the bottom, played over the root. The other for C7alt is Type A.