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 Whole-Tone Tetrachord 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 3 #11 (or b5) | ▶ C(9, 3, #11)Try it in: Lydian · Lydian Augmented · Lydian Dominant |
| Db | 7 b9 b3 (or #9) 11 (or 4) | ▶ Db(b9, b3, 11, 7)Try it in: Neapolitan Minor · Neapolitan Major |
| D | b7 9 3 | ▶ D9 (no 5)Try it in: Mixolydian · Lydian Dominant · Mixolydian ♭6 |
| Eb | 13 (or 6) 7 b9 b3 (or #9) | ▶ Eb(b9, b3, 13, 7)Try it in: Neapolitan Major |
| E | #5 (or b13) b7 9 | ▶ E9#5 (no 3)Try it in: Natural Minor · Mixolydian ♭6 · Locrian ♮2 |
| F | 5 13 (or 6) 7 b9 | ▶ F(b9, 5, 13, 7)Try it in: Neapolitan Major |
| Gb | #11 (or b5) #5 (or b13) b7 | ▶ Gb(#11, #5, b7)Try it in: Locrian · Locrian ♮2 · Altered |
| G | 11 (or 4) 5 13 (or 6) 7 | ▶ Gmaj7sus4 (add 13)Try it in: Major · Melodic Minor · Neapolitan Major |
| Ab | 3 #11 (or b5) #5 (or b13) b7 | ▶ Ab7b5 (add #5)Try it in: Altered · Enigmatic · Whole Tone |
| A | b3 (or #9) 11 (or 4) 5 13 (or 6) | ▶ Am6 (add 11)Try it in: Dorian · Melodic Minor · Dorian ♭2 |
| Bb | 9 3 #11 (or b5) #5 (or b13) | ▶ Bb(9, 3, #11, #5)Try it in: Lydian Augmented · Whole Tone |
| B | b9 b3 (or #9) 11 (or 4) 5 | ▶ B(b9, b3, 11, 5)Try it in: Phrygian · Dorian ♭2 · Neapolitan Minor |