Voicing of Cb Dominant b9

bV over 3rd and 7th, 1st Inversion

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Cb3Eb3Bbb3
Right hand
Bbb4C5Gbb5
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The bV over 3rd and 7th, 1st Inversion voicing of Cb7b9 stacks Eb, Bbb, Bbb, C and Gbb from the bottom up: the major 3rd, minor 7th, minor 7th, flat 9th and flat 5th of the chord. It leaves out the root, Cb, for the left hand or the bass player to take.

It's one of the Upper Structures voicings. The others for Cb7b9 are bV over 3rd and 7th, bV over 3rd and 7th, 2nd Inversion, bV over 7th and 3rd, bV over 7th and 3rd, 1st Inversion and bV over 7th and 3rd, 2nd Inversion.