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-F-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 11 (or 4) #11 (or b5) | — |
| Db | 7 3 11 (or 4) | ▶ Db(3, 11, 7)Try it in: Major · Ionian ♯5 · Harmonic Major |
| D | b7 7 b3 (or #9) 3 | — |
| Eb | 13 (or 6) b7 9 b3 (or #9) | ▶ Eb(9, b3, 13, b7)Try it in: Dorian · Dorian ♯4 · Bebop Minor |
| E | #5 (or b13) 13 (or 6) b9 9 | — |
| F | 5 #5 (or b13) b9 | ▶ F(b9, 5, #5)Try it in: Phrygian · Phrygian Dominant · Double Harmonic |
| Gb | #11 (or b5) 5 7 | ▶ Gb(#11, 5, 7)Try it in: Lydian · Lydian ♯2 · Hungarian Minor |
| G | 11 (or 4) #11 (or b5) b7 7 | — |
| Ab | 3 11 (or 4) 13 (or 6) b7 | ▶ Ab(3, 11, 13, b7)Try it in: Mixolydian · Bebop Dominant · Bebop Minor |
| A | b3 (or #9) 3 #5 (or b13) 13 (or 6) | — |
| Bb | 9 b3 (or #9) 5 #5 (or b13) | ▶ Bbm(add9) (add #5)Try it in: Natural Minor · Harmonic Minor · Hungarian Minor |
| B | b9 9 #11 (or b5) 5 | — |