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-Gb 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 #11 (or b5) | ▶ C(b9, 3, #11)Try it in: Altered · Ultra Locrian · Enigmatic |
| Db | 7 b3 (or #9) 11 (or 4) | ▶ Db(b3, 11, 7)Try it in: Melodic Minor · Harmonic Minor · Neapolitan Minor |
| D | b7 7 9 3 | — |
| Eb | 13 (or 6) b7 b9 b3 (or #9) | ▶ Eb(b9, b3, 13, b7)Try it in: Dorian ♭2 · Locrian ♮6 · Diminished (Half-Whole) |
| E | #5 (or b13) 13 (or 6) 9 | — |
| F | 5 #5 (or b13) 7 b9 | ▶ F(b9, 5, #5, 7)Try it in: Double Harmonic · Neapolitan Minor |
| Gb | #11 (or b5) 5 b7 | ▶ Gb(#11, 5, b7)Try it in: Lydian Dominant · Dorian ♯4 · Hungarian Major |
| G | 11 (or 4) #11 (or b5) 13 (or 6) 7 | — |
| Ab | 3 11 (or 4) #5 (or b13) b7 | ▶ Ab7#5 (add 11)Try it in: Mixolydian ♭6 · Phrygian Dominant |
| A | b3 (or #9) 3 5 13 (or 6) | ▶ Am6 (add 3)Try it in: Lydian ♯2 · Hungarian Major · Major Blues |
| Bb | 9 b3 (or #9) #11 (or b5) #5 (or b13) | ▶ Bb(9, b3, #11, #5)Try it in: Locrian ♮2 · Hungarian Minor · Diminished (Whole-Half) |
| B | b9 9 11 (or 4) 5 | — |