Voicing of A Dominant b9

bV over 7th and 3rd, 1st Inversion

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A2G3C#4
Right hand
G4Bb4Eb5
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The bV over 7th and 3rd, 1st Inversion voicing of A7b9 stacks G, C#, G, Bb and Eb from the bottom up: the minor 7th, major 3rd, minor 7th, flat 9th and flat 5th of the chord. It leaves out the root, A, for the left hand or the bass player to take.

It's one of the Upper Structures voicings. The others for A7b9 are bV over 3rd and 7th, bV over 3rd and 7th, 1st Inversion, bV over 3rd and 7th, 2nd Inversion, bV over 7th and 3rd and bV over 7th and 3rd, 2nd Inversion.