Voicing of Db Dominant b9

bV over 3rd and 7th

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Left hand
Db2F3Cb4
Right hand
Abb4Cb5D5
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The bV over 3rd and 7th voicing of Db7b9 stacks F, Cb, Abb, Cb and D from the bottom up: the major 3rd, minor 7th, flat 5th, minor 7th and flat 9th of the chord. It leaves out the root, Db, for the left hand or the bass player to take.

It's one of the Upper Structures voicings. The others for Db7b9 are bV over 3rd and 7th, 1st Inversion, 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.