Voicing of Gb Dominant b9

bV over 3rd and 7th, 1st Inversion

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Gb2Bb3Fb4
Right hand
Fb5G5Dbb6
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The bV over 3rd and 7th, 1st Inversion voicing of Gb7b9 stacks Bb, Fb, Fb, G and Dbb from the bottom up: the major 3rd, minor 7th, minor 7th, flat 9th and flat 5th of the chord. It leaves out the root, Gb, for the left hand or the bass player to take.

It's one of the Upper Structures voicings. The others for Gb7b9 are bV over 3rd and 7th, 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.