Ab9sus4 Jazz Piano Voicings

Dominant 9 Sus 4

22 voicings · dominant

Shell

Ab · Db · F#

Root · Perf 4th · Min 7th

Left Hand

Difficulty

1 = beginner · 5 = advanced

Rootless A

Db · Eb · F# · Bb

Perf 4th · Perf 5th · Min 7th · 9th

Left Hand

Difficulty

1 = beginner · 5 = advanced

Rootless B

F# · Bb · Db · Eb

Min 7th · 9th · Perf 4th · Perf 5th

Left Hand

Difficulty

1 = beginner · 5 = advanced

Close

Ab · Db · F# · Bb

Root · Perf 4th · Min 7th · 9th

Both Hands

Difficulty

1 = beginner · 5 = advanced

Upper Structure

Db · F# · Db · F · Ab

Perf 4th · Min 7th · 11th · 13th · Root

Both Hands

Difficulty

1 = beginner · 5 = advanced

Upper Structure

Db · F# · F# · Bb · Db

Perf 4th · Min 7th · Min 7th · 9th · 11th

Both Hands

Difficulty

1 = beginner · 5 = advanced

Left Hand

Right Hand

Spread

Ab · Db · F# · Bb

Root · Perf 4th · Min 7th · 9th

Both Hands

Difficulty

1 = beginner · 5 = advanced

Spread

Ab · Db · F# · Bb

Root · Perf 4th · Min 7th · 9th

Both Hands

Difficulty

1 = beginner · 5 = advanced

Left Hand

Right Hand

Drop 3

Db · Ab · F# · Bb

Perf 4th · Root · Min 7th · 9th

Both Hands

Difficulty

1 = beginner · 5 = advanced

Left Hand

Right Hand

Drop 3

F# · Db · Bb · Ab

Min 7th · Perf 4th · 9th · Root

Both Hands

Difficulty

1 = beginner · 5 = advanced

Left Hand

Right Hand

Drop 3

Bb · F# · Ab · Db

9th · Min 7th · Root · Perf 4th

Both Hands

Difficulty

1 = beginner · 5 = advanced

Left Hand

Right Hand

Drop 3

Ab · Bb · Db · F#

Root · 9th · Perf 4th · Min 7th

Both Hands

Difficulty

1 = beginner · 5 = advanced

Left Hand

Right Hand

Quartal

Ab · Db · F# · B

Root · Perf 4th · Min 7th · Min 3rd

Both Hands

Difficulty

1 = beginner · 5 = advanced

Quartal

Eb · Ab · Db · F#

Perf 5th · Root · Perf 4th · Min 7th

Both Hands

Difficulty

1 = beginner · 5 = advanced

Open

Ab · Eb · Db · F# · Bb

Root · Perf 5th · Perf 4th · Min 7th · 9th

Both Hands

Difficulty

1 = beginner · 5 = advanced

Two-Note Shell

Ab · Db

Root · Perf 4th

Left Hand

Difficulty

1 = beginner · 5 = advanced

Two-Note Shell

Ab · F#

Root · Min 7th

Left Hand

Difficulty

1 = beginner · 5 = advanced

Drop 2-4

Ab · F# · Db · Bb

Root · Min 7th · Perf 4th · 9th

Both Hands

Difficulty

1 = beginner · 5 = advanced

Left Hand

Right Hand

Block (Locked Hands)

Ab · Bb · Db · F# · Bb

Root · 9th · Perf 4th · Min 7th · 9th

Both Hands

Difficulty

1 = beginner · 5 = advanced

Melody (Bb5) doubled an octave below (Ab4) with chord tones in between

Stride

Ab · Db · F# · Bb

Root · Perf 4th · Min 7th · 9th

Left Hand

Difficulty

1 = beginner · 5 = advanced

Left hand alternates between bass note and chord

Beat 1 & 3 — Ab3

Beat 2 & 4 — Db, F#, Bb

Stride

Eb · Db · F# · Bb

Perf 5th · Perf 4th · Min 7th · 9th

Left Hand

Difficulty

1 = beginner · 5 = advanced

Left hand alternates between bass note and chord

Beat 1 & 3 — Eb3

Beat 2 & 4 — Db, F#, Bb

Cluster

Db · Eb · F#

Perf 4th · Perf 5th · Min 7th

Right Hand

Difficulty

1 = beginner · 5 = advanced

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