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Drop 2 Voicing Reference

C7sus4 — Drop 2 Voicings

C · F · G · Bb

▶ Click any diagram to hear it played.

Root
Other chord tones

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.

Tensions Over Every Bass Note

What each note in C7sus4 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.

BassTensionsAlso known as
C11 (or 4)  5  b7▶ C7sus4Try it in: Dorian · Phrygian · Mixolydian
Db7  3  #11 (or b5)  13 (or 6)▶ Dbmaj7b5 (add 13)Try it in: Lydian · Lydian Augmented · Lydian ♯2
Db7  b3 (or #9)  11 (or 4)  #5 (or b13)▶ D(b3, 11, #5, b7)Try it in: Phrygian · Natural Minor · Locrian
Eb13 (or 6)  9  3  5▶ Eb6/9Try it in: Major · Lydian · Mixolydian
E#5 (or b13)  b9  b3 (or #9)  #11 (or b5)▶ E(b9, b3, #11, #5)Try it in: Locrian · Altered · Ultra Locrian
F5  9  11 (or 4)▶ Fsus2 (add 11)Try it in: Major · Dorian · Mixolydian
Gb#11 (or b5)  7  b9  3▶ Gbmaj7b5 (add b9)Try it in: Enigmatic · Persian
G11 (or 4)  b7  b3 (or #9)▶ G(b3, 11, b7)Try it in: Dorian · Phrygian · Natural Minor
Ab3  13 (or 6)  7  9▶ Ab(9, 3, 13, 7)Try it in: Major · Lydian · Lydian Augmented
Ab3 (or #9)  #5 (or b13)  b7  b9▶ A(b9, b3, #5, b7)Try it in: Phrygian · Locrian · Altered
Bb9  5  13 (or 6)▶ Bbsus2 (add 13)Try it in: Major · Dorian · Lydian
Bb9  #11 (or b5)  #5 (or b13)  7▶ B(b9, #11, #5, 7)Try it in: Enigmatic · Persian