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 Cm7b5 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) #11 (or b5) b7 | ▶ Cm7b5Try it in: Locrian · Locrian ♮2 · Altered |
| Db | 7 9 11 (or 4) 13 (or 6) | ▶ Db(9, 11, 13, 7)Try it in: Major · Melodic Minor · Ionian ♯5 |
| D | b7 b9 3 #5 (or b13) | ▶ D7#5 (add b9)Try it in: Altered · Phrygian Dominant · Enigmatic |
| Eb | 13 (or 6) b3 (or #9) 5 | ▶ Ebm6Try it in: Dorian · Melodic Minor · Dorian ♭2 |
| E | #5 (or b13) 7 9 #11 (or b5) | ▶ E(9, #11, #5, 7)Try it in: Lydian Augmented · Hungarian Minor · Diminished (Whole-Half) |
| F | 5 b7 b9 11 (or 4) | ▶ F7sus4 (add b9)Try it in: Phrygian · Dorian ♭2 · Phrygian Dominant |
| Gb | #11 (or b5) 13 (or 6) 3 | ▶ Gb(3, #11, 13)Try it in: Lydian · Lydian Augmented · Lydian Dominant |
| G | 11 (or 4) #5 (or b13) 7 b3 (or #9) | ▶ G(b3, 11, #5, 7)Try it in: Harmonic Minor · Neapolitan Minor · Diminished (Whole-Half) |
| Ab | 3 5 b7 9 | ▶ Ab9Try it in: Mixolydian · Lydian Dominant · Mixolydian ♭6 |
| A | b3 (or #9) #11 (or b5) 13 (or 6) b9 | ▶ Adim7 (add b9)Try it in: Locrian ♮6 · Ultra Locrian · Diminished (Half-Whole) |
| Bb | 9 11 (or 4) #5 (or b13) | ▶ Bb(9, 11, #5)Try it in: Natural Minor · Mixolydian ♭6 · Locrian ♮2 |
| B | b9 3 5 7 | ▶ Bmaj7 (add b9)Try it in: Double Harmonic |