Drop 2 Voicing Reference
▶ Click any diagram to hear it played.
Low E string on the left, high e on the right. Each column climbs the neck, position by position; the open-position voicing is fixed to this key. Some voicings are extremely difficult or impossible — attempt at your own risk.
What each note in C-D-E-A becomes when you slide the bass underneath it, chromatically through all twelve — plus the normal chord symbol, wherever the resulting stack has one. Click any chord symbol to hear it played over that bass note, or click a bass note itself to drone it while you try voicings above.
| Bass | Tensions | Also known as |
|---|---|---|
| C | 9 3 13 (or 6) | ▶ C6/9 (no 5)Try it in: Major · Lydian · Mixolydian |
| Db | 7 b9 b3 (or #9) #5 (or b13) | ▶ Db(b9, b3, #5, 7)Try it in: Neapolitan Minor |
| D | b7 9 5 | ▶ Dsus2 (add b7)Try it in: Dorian · Mixolydian · Natural Minor |
| Eb | 13 (or 6) 7 b9 #11 (or b5) | ▶ Eb(b9, #11, 13, 7) |
| E | #5 (or b13) b7 11 (or 4) | ▶ E(11, #5, b7)Try it in: Phrygian · Natural Minor · Locrian |
| F | 5 13 (or 6) 7 3 | ▶ F6 (add 7)Try it in: Major · Lydian · Lydian ♯2 |
| Gb | #11 (or b5) #5 (or b13) b7 b3 (or #9) | ▶ Gbm7b5 (add #5)Try it in: Locrian · Locrian ♮2 · Altered |
| G | 11 (or 4) 5 13 (or 6) 9 | ▶ G13sus4 (no b7)Try it in: Major · Dorian · Mixolydian |
| Ab | 3 #11 (or b5) #5 (or b13) b9 | ▶ Ab(b9, 3, #11, #5)Try it in: Altered · Ultra Locrian · Enigmatic |
| A | b3 (or #9) 11 (or 4) 5 | ▶ Am (add 11)Try it in: Dorian · Phrygian · Natural Minor |
| Bb | 9 3 #11 (or b5) 7 | ▶ Bbmaj7b5 (add 9)Try it in: Lydian · Lydian Augmented |
| B | b9 b3 (or #9) 11 (or 4) b7 | ▶ B(b9, b3, 11, b7)Try it in: Phrygian · Locrian · Dorian ♭2 |