Voicing of D# Diminished 7

Type B

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Left hand
D#2
Right hand
C4E#4F#4A4
Family
4-Note Rootless (Type A/B)

The Type B voicing of D#dim7 stacks C, E#, F# and A from the bottom up: the diminished 7th, 9th, minor 3rd and flat 5th of the chord. It leaves out the root, D#, 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 others for D#dim7 are Type A and Type C.