Voicing of Gb Dominant b9

Type B

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Left hand
Gb2
Right hand
Fb4G4Bb4Db5
Family
4-Note Rootless (Type A/B)

The Type B voicing of Gb7b9 stacks Fb, G, Bb and Db from the bottom up: the minor 7th, flat 9th, major 3rd and 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 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 Gb7b9 is Type A.