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-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 3 b7 | ▶ C7b9 (no 5)Try it in: Altered · Phrygian Dominant · Enigmatic |
| Db | 7 b3 (or #9) 13 (or 6) | ▶ Db(b3, 13, 7)Try it in: Melodic Minor · Lydian ♯2 · Neapolitan Major |
| D | b7 7 9 #5 (or b13) | — |
| Eb | 13 (or 6) b7 b9 5 | ▶ Eb(b9, 5, 13, b7)Try it in: Dorian ♭2 · Diminished (Half-Whole) |
| E | #5 (or b13) 13 (or 6) #11 (or b5) | — |
| F | 5 #5 (or b13) 7 11 (or 4) | ▶ Fmaj7sus4 (add #5)Try it in: Harmonic Minor · Harmonic Major · Double Harmonic |
| Gb | #11 (or b5) 5 b7 3 | ▶ Gb7b5 (add 5)Try it in: Lydian Dominant · Hungarian Major · Diminished (Half-Whole) |
| G | 11 (or 4) #11 (or b5) 13 (or 6) b3 (or #9) | ▶ Gdim7 (add 11)Try it in: Locrian ♮6 · Diminished (Whole-Half) |
| Ab | 3 11 (or 4) #5 (or b13) 9 | ▶ Ab(9, 3, 11, #5)Try it in: Mixolydian ♭6 · Ionian ♯5 · Harmonic Major |
| A | b3 (or #9) 3 5 b9 | ▶ A(b9, #9, 3, 5)Try it in: Diminished (Half-Whole) |
| Bb | 9 b3 (or #9) #11 (or b5) | ▶ Bbdim (add 9)Try it in: Locrian ♮2 · Dorian ♯4 · Hungarian Minor |
| B | b9 9 11 (or 4) 7 | — |