Voicing of Bb Dominant b9

bV over 3rd and 7th, 2nd Inversion

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Bb2D4Ab4
Right hand
Cb5Fb5Ab5
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The bV over 3rd and 7th, 2nd Inversion voicing of Bb7b9 stacks D, Ab, Cb, Fb and Ab from the bottom up: the major 3rd, minor 7th, flat 9th, flat 5th 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 Upper Structures voicings. The others for Bb7b9 are bV over 3rd and 7th, bV over 3rd and 7th, 1st Inversion, bV over 7th and 3rd, bV over 7th and 3rd, 1st Inversion and bV over 7th and 3rd, 2nd Inversion.