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Drop 2 Voicing Reference

C-Db-D-Eb — Drop 2 Voicings

C · Db · D · Eb

▶ Click any diagram to hear it played.

Root
Other chord tones

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.

Tensions Over Every Bass Note

What each note in C-Db-D-Eb 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.

BassTensionsAlso known as
Cb9  9  b3 (or #9)—
Db7  b9  9—
Db7  7  b9—
Eb13 (or 6)  b7  7—
E#5 (or b13)  13 (or 6)  b7  7—
F5  #5 (or b13)  13 (or 6)  b7—
Gb#11 (or b5)  5  #5 (or b13)  13 (or 6)—
G11 (or 4)  #11 (or b5)  5  #5 (or b13)—
Ab3  11 (or 4)  #11 (or b5)  5—
Ab3 (or #9)  3  11 (or 4)  #11 (or b5)—
Bb9  b3 (or #9)  3  11 (or 4)▶ Bb(9, #9, 3, 11)Try it in: Bebop Minor
Bb9  9  b3 (or #9)  3—