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-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 | b9 3 13 (or 6) | ▶ C(b9, 3, 13)Try it in: Ultra Locrian · Diminished (Half-Whole) |
| Db | 7 b3 (or #9) #5 (or b13) | ▶ Db(b3, #5, 7)Try it in: Harmonic Minor · Hungarian Minor · Neapolitan Minor |
| D | b7 7 9 5 | ▶ Dsus2(maj7) (add b7)Try it in: Bebop Dominant |
| Eb | 13 (or 6) b7 b9 #11 (or b5) | ▶ Eb(b9, #11, 13, b7)Try it in: Locrian ♮6 · Diminished (Half-Whole) |
| E | #5 (or b13) 13 (or 6) 11 (or 4) | — |
| F | 5 #5 (or b13) 7 3 | ▶ Fmaj7 (add #5)Try it in: Harmonic Major · Double Harmonic · Augmented |
| Gb | #11 (or b5) 5 b7 b3 (or #9) | ▶ Gbm7b5 (add 5)Try it in: Dorian ♯4 · Hungarian Major · Blues |
| G | 11 (or 4) #11 (or b5) 13 (or 6) 9 | — |
| Ab | 3 11 (or 4) #5 (or b13) b9 | ▶ Ab(b9, 3, 11, #5)Try it in: Phrygian Dominant · Double Harmonic · Persian |
| A | b3 (or #9) 3 5 | ▶ Am (add 3)Try it in: Lydian ♯2 · Hungarian Major · Major Blues |
| Bb | 9 b3 (or #9) #11 (or b5) 7 | ▶ Bbdim(maj7) (add 9)Try it in: Hungarian Minor · Diminished (Whole-Half) |
| B | b9 9 11 (or 4) b7 | — |