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(maj7) 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 | b3 (or #9) 5 7 | ▶ Cm(maj7)Try it in: Melodic Minor · Harmonic Minor · Lydian ♯2 |
| Db | 7 9 #11 (or b5) b7 | — |
| D | b7 b9 11 (or 4) 13 (or 6) | ▶ D(b9, 11, 13, b7)Try it in: Dorian ♭2 · Locrian ♮6 |
| Eb | 13 (or 6) 3 #5 (or b13) | ▶ Eb+ (add 13)Try it in: Lydian Augmented · Ionian ♯5 · Ultra Locrian |
| E | #5 (or b13) 7 b3 (or #9) 5 | ▶ Em(maj7) (add #5)Try it in: Harmonic Minor · Hungarian Minor · Neapolitan Minor |
| F | 5 b7 9 #11 (or b5) | ▶ F9#11 (no 3)Try it in: Lydian Dominant · Dorian ♯4 |
| Gb | #11 (or b5) 13 (or 6) b9 11 (or 4) | — |
| G | 11 (or 4) #5 (or b13) 3 | ▶ G+ (add 11)Try it in: Mixolydian ♭6 · Ionian ♯5 · Phrygian Dominant |
| Ab | 3 5 7 b3 (or #9) | ▶ Abm(maj7) (add 3)Try it in: Lydian ♯2 · Augmented |
| A | b3 (or #9) #11 (or b5) b7 9 | ▶ Am7b5 (add 9)Try it in: Locrian ♮2 · Dorian ♯4 |
| Bb | 9 11 (or 4) 13 (or 6) b9 | — |
| B | b9 3 #5 (or b13) | ▶ B+ (add b9)Try it in: Altered · Phrygian Dominant · Ultra Locrian |