Voicing of Bb Dominant 9 sus4

Guide Tones I

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Bb2
Right hand
Eb4Ab4
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The Guide Tones I voicing of Bb9sus4 stacks Eb and Ab from the bottom up: the 4th and minor 7th of the chord. It leaves out the root, Bb, for the left hand or the bass player to take.

It's one of the Guide Tones voicings: just the 3rd and 7th, the notes that define each chord, played over the root. The other for Bb9sus4 is Guide Tones II.