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When do you include the bass note of a chord if the bass is the b9?
I'm pretty sure the actual chord isn't Dm7b9.
The way I see it: there are two kinds of slash chords:
Chord inversions: here the actual (full) chord is written before the slash, and an alternative ...
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When do you include the bass note of a chord if the bass is the b9?
Context is all. But I’d hazard a pretty confident guess that the E♭ isn’t part of the upper structure but purely the bass note. ( Maybe the tonic or dominant? Is there a string of chords all over an ...
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When do you include the bass note of a chord if the bass is the b9?
As others have commented, first, probably readibility suggests Dm7/Eb.
It might depend whether that Eb is some sort of ostinato... so that the Dm7 is a "passing" harmony, ... or perhaps the ...
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When do you include the bass note of a chord if the bass is the b9?
Dm7/Eb is sufficient in this case. It is better than Dm7b9/Eb, because it better suggests the voicing – normally b9 should be above the root, in a higher octave.
Interesting chord... I wonder, is it a ...
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When do you include the bass note of a chord if the bass is the b9?
Dm7/E♭ would be preferable. On the basis that were there a bass player or the bass (slash) note could be played on a different instrument, a guitarist, for example, could simply play Dm7.
Dm7(♭9)/E♭ ...
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