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-Db-D-Bb 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 | b9 9 b7 | — |
| Db | 7 b9 13 (or 6) | ▶ Db(b9, 13, 7)Try it in: Neapolitan Major |
| D | b7 7 #5 (or b13) | — |
| Eb | 13 (or 6) b7 7 5 | — |
| E | #5 (or b13) 13 (or 6) b7 #11 (or b5) | — |
| F | 5 #5 (or b13) 13 (or 6) 11 (or 4) | — |
| Gb | #11 (or b5) 5 #5 (or b13) 3 | ▶ Gb(3, #11, 5, #5) |
| G | 11 (or 4) #11 (or b5) 5 b3 (or #9) | — |
| Ab | 3 11 (or 4) #11 (or b5) 9 | — |
| A | b3 (or #9) 3 11 (or 4) b9 | ▶ A(b9, #9, 3, 11) |
| Bb | 9 b3 (or #9) 3 | ▶ Bb(9, #9, 3)Try it in: Major Blues · Bebop Minor |
| B | b9 9 b3 (or #9) 7 | — |