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 Cmaj7b5 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 #11 (or b5) 7 | ▶ Cmaj7b5Try it in: Lydian · Lydian Augmented · Lydian ♯2 |
| Db | 7 b3 (or #9) 11 (or 4) b7 | — |
| D | b7 9 3 13 (or 6) | ▶ D(9, 3, 13, b7)Try it in: Mixolydian · Lydian Dominant · Bebop Dominant |
| Eb | 13 (or 6) b9 b3 (or #9) #5 (or b13) | — |
| E | #5 (or b13) 9 5 | ▶ Esus2 (add #5)Try it in: Natural Minor · Mixolydian ♭6 · Harmonic Minor |
| F | 5 7 b9 #11 (or b5) | ▶ F(b9, #11, 5, 7) |
| Gb | #11 (or b5) b7 11 (or 4) | — |
| G | 11 (or 4) 13 (or 6) 7 3 | ▶ G(3, 11, 13, 7)Try it in: Major · Ionian ♯5 · Bebop Dominant |
| Ab | 3 #5 (or b13) b7 b3 (or #9) | ▶ Ab7#5 (add #9)Try it in: Altered |
| A | b3 (or #9) 5 13 (or 6) 9 | ▶ Am6/9Try it in: Dorian · Melodic Minor · Dorian ♯4 |
| Bb | 9 #11 (or b5) #5 (or b13) b9 | — |
| B | b9 11 (or 4) 5 | ▶ Bsus4 (add b9)Try it in: Phrygian · Dorian ♭2 · Phrygian Dominant |