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 C7#5 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 | 3 #5 (or b13) b7 | ▶ C7#5Try it in: Mixolydian ♭6 · Altered · Phrygian Dominant |
| Db | 7 b3 (or #9) 5 13 (or 6) | ▶ Dbm6 (add 7)Try it in: Melodic Minor · Lydian ♯2 · Neapolitan Major |
| D | b7 9 #11 (or b5) #5 (or b13) | ▶ D(9, #11, #5, b7)Try it in: Locrian ♮2 · Whole Tone |
| Eb | 13 (or 6) b9 11 (or 4) 5 | ▶ Eb(b9, 11, 5, 13)Try it in: Dorian ♭2 · Neapolitan Major |
| E | #5 (or b13) 3 #11 (or b5) | ▶ E+ (add #11)Try it in: Lydian Augmented · Altered · Ultra Locrian |
| F | 5 7 b3 (or #9) 11 (or 4) | ▶ Fm(maj7) (add 11)Try it in: Melodic Minor · Harmonic Minor · Neapolitan Minor |
| Gb | #11 (or b5) b7 9 3 | ▶ Gb7b5 (add 9)Try it in: Lydian Dominant · Whole Tone |
| G | 11 (or 4) 13 (or 6) b9 b3 (or #9) | ▶ G(b9, b3, 11, 13)Try it in: Dorian ♭2 · Locrian ♮6 · Neapolitan Major |
| Ab | 3 #5 (or b13) 9 | ▶ Ab+ (add 9)Try it in: Lydian Augmented · Mixolydian ♭6 · Ionian ♯5 |
| A | b3 (or #9) 5 7 b9 | ▶ Am(maj7) (add b9)Try it in: Neapolitan Minor · Neapolitan Major |
| Bb | 9 #11 (or b5) b7 | ▶ Bb(9, #11, b7)Try it in: Lydian Dominant · Locrian ♮2 · Dorian ♯4 |
| B | b9 11 (or 4) 13 (or 6) 7 | ▶ B(b9, 11, 13, 7)Try it in: Neapolitan Major |