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 Cmaj7 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 | 3 5 7 | ▶ Cmaj7Try it in: Major · Lydian · Lydian ♯2 |
| Db | 7 b3 (or #9) #11 (or b5) b7 | ▶ Dbm7b5 (add 7) |
| D | b7 9 11 (or 4) 13 (or 6) | ▶ D13sus4 (no 5)Try it in: Dorian · Mixolydian · Bebop Dominant |
| Eb | 13 (or 6) b9 3 #5 (or b13) | — |
| E | #5 (or b13) b3 (or #9) 5 | ▶ Em (add #5)Try it in: Phrygian · Natural Minor · Harmonic Minor |
| F | 5 7 9 #11 (or b5) | ▶ Fsus2(maj7) (add #11)Try it in: Lydian · Hungarian Minor |
| Gb | #11 (or b5) b7 b9 11 (or 4) | — |
| G | 11 (or 4) 13 (or 6) 3 | ▶ G(3, 11, 13)Try it in: Major · Mixolydian · Ionian ♯5 |
| Ab | 3 #5 (or b13) 7 b3 (or #9) | ▶ Abmaj7#5 (add #9)Try it in: Augmented |
| A | b3 (or #9) 5 b7 9 | ▶ Am9Try it in: Dorian · Natural Minor · Dorian ♯4 |
| Bb | 9 #11 (or b5) 13 (or 6) b9 | — |
| B | b9 11 (or 4) #5 (or b13) | ▶ B(b9, 11, #5)Try it in: Phrygian · Locrian · Phrygian Dominant |