Voicing of D Dominant 9 sus4

Type B

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Space plays and stops
Left hand
D2
Right hand
C4E4G4A4
Family
4-Note Rootless (Type A/B)

The Type B voicing of D9sus4 stacks C, E, G and A from the bottom up: the minor 7th, 9th, 4th and 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 other for D9sus4 is Type A.