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-Gb-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 #11 (or b5) b7 | ▶ C(b9, #11, b7)Try it in: Locrian · Altered · Locrian ♮6 |
| Db | 7 11 (or 4) 13 (or 6) | ▶ Db(11, 13, 7)Try it in: Major · Melodic Minor · Ionian ♯5 |
| D | b7 7 3 #5 (or b13) | ▶ D7#5 (add 7)Try it in: Enigmatic |
| Eb | 13 (or 6) b7 b3 (or #9) 5 | ▶ Ebm6 (add b7)Try it in: Dorian · Dorian ♭2 · Dorian ♯4 |
| E | #5 (or b13) 13 (or 6) 9 #11 (or b5) | — |
| F | 5 #5 (or b13) b9 11 (or 4) | ▶ F(b9, 11, 5, #5)Try it in: Phrygian · Phrygian Dominant · Double Harmonic |
| Gb | #11 (or b5) 5 3 | ▶ Gb (add #11)Try it in: Lydian · Lydian Dominant · Lydian ♯2 |
| G | 11 (or 4) #11 (or b5) 7 b3 (or #9) | ▶ Gdim(maj7) (add 11)Try it in: Diminished (Whole-Half) |
| Ab | 3 11 (or 4) b7 9 | ▶ Ab(9, 3, 11, b7)Try it in: Mixolydian · Mixolydian ♭6 · Bebop Dominant |
| A | b3 (or #9) 3 13 (or 6) b9 | ▶ A(b9, #9, 3, 13)Try it in: Ultra Locrian · Diminished (Half-Whole) |
| Bb | 9 b3 (or #9) #5 (or b13) | ▶ Bb(9, b3, #5)Try it in: Natural Minor · Locrian ♮2 · Harmonic Minor |
| B | b9 9 5 7 | ▶ Bsus2(maj7) (add b9) |