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 French Augmented 6th 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 | 9 #11 (or b5) #5 (or b13) | ▶ C(9, #11, #5)Try it in: Lydian Augmented · Locrian ♮2 · Hungarian Minor |
| Db | 7 b9 11 (or 4) 5 | ▶ Dbmaj7sus4 (add b9)Try it in: Double Harmonic · Neapolitan Minor · Neapolitan Major |
| D | b7 3 #11 (or b5) | ▶ D7b5Try it in: Lydian Dominant · Altered · Hungarian Major |
| Eb | 13 (or 6) 7 b3 (or #9) 11 (or 4) | ▶ Eb(b3, 11, 13, 7)Try it in: Melodic Minor · Neapolitan Major · Diminished (Whole-Half) |
| E | #5 (or b13) b7 9 3 | ▶ E9#5Try it in: Mixolydian ♭6 · Whole Tone |
| F | 5 13 (or 6) b9 b3 (or #9) | ▶ Fm6 (add b9)Try it in: Dorian ♭2 · Neapolitan Major · Diminished (Half-Whole) |
| Gb | #11 (or b5) #5 (or b13) 9 | ▶ Gb(9, #11, #5)Try it in: Lydian Augmented · Locrian ♮2 · Hungarian Minor |
| G | 11 (or 4) 5 7 b9 | ▶ Gmaj7sus4 (add b9)Try it in: Double Harmonic · Neapolitan Minor · Neapolitan Major |
| Ab | 3 #11 (or b5) b7 | ▶ Ab7b5Try it in: Lydian Dominant · Altered · Hungarian Major |
| A | b3 (or #9) 11 (or 4) 13 (or 6) 7 | ▶ A(b3, 11, 13, 7)Try it in: Melodic Minor · Neapolitan Major · Diminished (Whole-Half) |
| Bb | 9 3 #5 (or b13) b7 | ▶ Bb9#5Try it in: Mixolydian ♭6 · Whole Tone |
| B | b9 b3 (or #9) 5 13 (or 6) | ▶ Bm6 (add b9)Try it in: Dorian ♭2 · Neapolitan Major · Diminished (Half-Whole) |