Voicing of Cb Dominant b9

bV over 3rd and 7th, 2nd Inversion

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Cb3Eb4Bbb4
Right hand
C5Gbb5Bbb5
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The bV over 3rd and 7th, 2nd Inversion voicing of Cb7b9 stacks Eb, Bbb, C, Gbb and Bbb from the bottom up: the major 3rd, minor 7th, flat 9th, flat 5th and minor 7th 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, 1st Inversion, bV over 7th and 3rd, bV over 7th and 3rd, 1st Inversion and bV over 7th and 3rd, 2nd Inversion.