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-Bb 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 b7 | ▶ C7b9 (no 3)Try it in: Phrygian · Dorian ♭2 · Phrygian Dominant |
| Db | 7 #11 (or b5) 13 (or 6) | ▶ Db(#11, 13, 7)Try it in: Lydian · Lydian Augmented · Lydian ♯2 |
| D | b7 7 11 (or 4) #5 (or b13) | — |
| Eb | 13 (or 6) b7 3 5 | ▶ Eb6 (add b7)Try it in: Mixolydian · Lydian Dominant · Hungarian Major |
| E | #5 (or b13) 13 (or 6) b3 (or #9) #11 (or b5) | ▶ Edim7 (add #5)Try it in: Ultra Locrian · Diminished (Whole-Half) |
| F | 5 #5 (or b13) 9 11 (or 4) | ▶ F(9, 11, 5, #5)Try it in: Natural Minor · Mixolydian ♭6 · Harmonic Minor |
| Gb | #11 (or b5) 5 b9 3 | ▶ Gb(b9, 3, #11, 5)Try it in: Diminished (Half-Whole) |
| G | 11 (or 4) #11 (or b5) b3 (or #9) | ▶ Gdim (add 11)Try it in: Locrian · Locrian ♮2 · Locrian ♮6 |
| Ab | 3 11 (or 4) 7 9 | ▶ Ab(9, 3, 11, 7)Try it in: Major · Ionian ♯5 · Harmonic Major |
| A | b3 (or #9) 3 b7 b9 | ▶ A(b9, #9, 3, b7)Try it in: Altered · Diminished (Half-Whole) |
| Bb | 9 b3 (or #9) 13 (or 6) | ▶ Bbm6/9 (no 5)Try it in: Dorian · Melodic Minor · Dorian ♯4 |
| B | b9 9 #5 (or b13) 7 | — |