Voicing of C# Dominant b9

Type B

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Left hand
C#2
Right hand
B3D4E#4G#4
Family
4-Note Rootless (Type A/B)

The Type B voicing of C#7b9 stacks B, D, E# and G# from the bottom up: the minor 7th, flat 9th, major 3rd and 5th of the chord. It leaves out the root, C#, 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 C#7b9 is Type A.