Voicing of E Dominant b9

bV over 3rd and 7th, 2nd Inversion

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E2G#3D4
Right hand
F4Bb4D5
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The bV over 3rd and 7th, 2nd Inversion voicing of E7b9 stacks G#, D, F, Bb and D from the bottom up: the major 3rd, minor 7th, flat 9th, flat 5th and minor 7th of the chord. It leaves out the root, E, for the left hand or the bass player to take.

It's one of the Upper Structures voicings. The others for E7b9 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.