Voicing of Fb Dominant 9

Type A

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Left hand
Fb2
Right hand
Ab3Cb4Ebb4Gb4
Family
4-Note Rootless (Type A/B)

The Type A voicing of Fb9 stacks Ab, Cb, Ebb and Gb from the bottom up: the major 3rd, 5th, minor 7th and 9th of the chord. It leaves out the root, Fb, 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 Fb9 is Type B.