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