Voicing of Ab Diminished 7

Shell III

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Left hand
Ab2
Right hand
Ebb4Gbb4Cb5
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Rootless 3-Note Shells

The Shell III voicing of Abdim7 stacks Ebb, Gbb and Cb from the bottom up: the flat 5th, diminished 7th and minor 3rd of the chord. It leaves out the root, Ab, for the left hand or the bass player to take.

It's one of the Rootless 3-Note Shells voicings: three-note rootless voicings: the 3rd and 7th with one more tone, played over the root. The others for Abdim7 are Shell I and Shell II.