Voicing of Ab Dominant 7 sus4 b9

Type B

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Left hand
Ab2
Right hand
Gb4A4Db5Eb5
Family
4-Note Rootless (Type A/B)

The Type B voicing of Ab7susb9 stacks Gb, A, Db and Eb from the bottom up: the minor 7th, flat 9th, 4th and 5th of the chord. It leaves out the root, Ab, 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 Ab7susb9 is Type A.