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-F 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) 11 (or 4) | ▶ C(b9, b3, 11)Try it in: Phrygian · Locrian · Dorian ♭2 |
| Db | 7 9 3 | ▶ Dbmaj9 (no 5)Try it in: Major · Lydian · Lydian Augmented |
| D | b7 7 b9 b3 (or #9) | — |
| Eb | 13 (or 6) b7 9 | ▶ Eb(9, 13, b7)Try it in: Dorian · Mixolydian · Lydian Dominant |
| E | #5 (or b13) 13 (or 6) 7 b9 | — |
| F | 5 #5 (or b13) b7 | ▶ F(5, #5, b7)Try it in: Phrygian · Natural Minor · Mixolydian ♭6 |
| Gb | #11 (or b5) 5 13 (or 6) 7 | ▶ Gb(#11, 5, 13, 7)Try it in: Lydian · Lydian ♯2 |
| G | 11 (or 4) #11 (or b5) #5 (or b13) b7 | — |
| Ab | 3 11 (or 4) 5 13 (or 6) | ▶ Ab6 (add 11)Try it in: Major · Mixolydian · Bebop Dominant |
| A | b3 (or #9) 3 #11 (or b5) #5 (or b13) | ▶ A(#9, 3, #11, #5)Try it in: Altered · Ultra Locrian |
| Bb | 9 b3 (or #9) 11 (or 4) 5 | ▶ Bbm(add9) (add 11)Try it in: Dorian · Natural Minor · Melodic Minor |
| B | b9 9 3 #11 (or b5) | — |