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 Cm(add9) 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 b3 (or #9) 5 | ▶ Cm(add9)Try it in: Dorian · Natural Minor · Melodic Minor |
| Db | 7 b9 9 #11 (or b5) | — |
| D | b7 b9 11 (or 4) | ▶ D(b9, 11, b7)Try it in: Phrygian · Locrian · Dorian ♭2 |
| Eb | 13 (or 6) 7 3 | ▶ Eb(3, 13, 7)Try it in: Major · Lydian · Lydian Augmented |
| E | #5 (or b13) b7 7 b3 (or #9) | — |
| F | 5 13 (or 6) b7 9 | ▶ F13sus4 (no 11)Try it in: Dorian · Mixolydian · Lydian Dominant |
| Gb | #11 (or b5) #5 (or b13) 13 (or 6) b9 | — |
| G | 11 (or 4) 5 #5 (or b13) | ▶ Gsus4 (add #5)Try it in: Phrygian · Natural Minor · Mixolydian ♭6 |
| Ab | 3 #11 (or b5) 5 7 | ▶ Abmaj7b5 (add 5)Try it in: Lydian · Lydian ♯2 |
| A | b3 (or #9) 11 (or 4) #11 (or b5) b7 | ▶ Am7b5 (add 11)Try it in: Locrian · Locrian ♮2 · Locrian ♮6 |
| Bb | 9 3 11 (or 4) 13 (or 6) | ▶ Bb(9, 3, 11, 13)Try it in: Major · Mixolydian · Ionian ♯5 |
| B | b9 b3 (or #9) 3 #5 (or b13) | ▶ B(b9, #9, 3, #5)Try it in: Altered · Ultra Locrian |