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Drop 2 Voicing Reference

Cm7 — Drop 2 Voicings

C · Eb · 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 Cm7 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
Cb3 (or #9)  5  b7▶ Cm7Try it in: Dorian · Phrygian · Natural Minor
Db7  9  #11 (or b5)  13 (or 6)▶ Db(9, #11, 13, 7)Try it in: Lydian · Lydian Augmented · Diminished (Whole-Half)
Db7  b9  11 (or 4)  #5 (or b13)▶ D(b9, 11, #5, b7)Try it in: Phrygian · Locrian · Phrygian Dominant
Eb13 (or 6)  3  5▶ Eb6Try it in: Major · Lydian · Mixolydian
E#5 (or b13)  7  b3 (or #9)  #11 (or b5)▶ Edim(maj7) (add #5)Try it in: Hungarian Minor · Diminished (Whole-Half)
F5  b7  9  11 (or 4)▶ F9sus4Try it in: Dorian · Mixolydian · Natural Minor
Gb#11 (or b5)  13 (or 6)  b9  3▶ Gb(b9, 3, #11, 13)Try it in: Ultra Locrian · Diminished (Half-Whole)
G11 (or 4)  #5 (or b13)  b3 (or #9)▶ G(b3, 11, #5)Try it in: Phrygian · Natural Minor · Locrian
Ab3  5  7  9▶ Abmaj9Try it in: Major · Lydian · Harmonic Major
Ab3 (or #9)  #11 (or b5)  b7  b9▶ Am7b5 (add b9)Try it in: Locrian · Altered · Locrian ♮6
Bb9  11 (or 4)  13 (or 6)▶ Bb(9, 11, 13)Try it in: Major · Dorian · Mixolydian
Bb9  3  #5 (or b13)  7▶ Bmaj7#5 (add b9)Try it in: Double Harmonic · Enigmatic · Persian