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-G-A 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 5 13 (or 6) | ▶ C(b9, 5, 13)Try it in: Dorian ♭2 · Neapolitan Major · Diminished (Half-Whole) |
| Db | 7 #11 (or b5) #5 (or b13) | ▶ Db(#11, #5, 7)Try it in: Lydian Augmented · Hungarian Minor · Enigmatic |
| D | b7 7 11 (or 4) 5 | ▶ D7sus4 (add 7)Try it in: Bebop Dominant |
| Eb | 13 (or 6) b7 3 #11 (or b5) | ▶ Eb7b5 (add 13)Try it in: Lydian Dominant · Hungarian Major · Diminished (Half-Whole) |
| E | #5 (or b13) 13 (or 6) b3 (or #9) 11 (or 4) | — |
| F | 5 #5 (or b13) 9 3 | ▶ Fadd9 (add #5)Try it in: Mixolydian ♭6 · Harmonic Major · Bebop Major |
| Gb | #11 (or b5) 5 b9 b3 (or #9) | ▶ Gb(b9, b3, #11, 5)Try it in: Diminished (Half-Whole) |
| G | 11 (or 4) #11 (or b5) 9 | — |
| Ab | 3 11 (or 4) 7 b9 | ▶ Ab(b9, 3, 11, 7)Try it in: Double Harmonic · Persian |
| A | b3 (or #9) 3 b7 | ▶ A7#9 (no 5)Try it in: Altered · Hungarian Major · Diminished (Half-Whole) |
| Bb | 9 b3 (or #9) 13 (or 6) 7 | ▶ Bb(9, b3, 13, 7)Try it in: Melodic Minor · Diminished (Whole-Half) |
| B | b9 9 #5 (or b13) b7 | — |