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#5 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 (or b13) 7 | ▶ Cmaj7#5Try it in: Lydian Augmented · Ionian ♯5 · Harmonic Major |
| Db | 7 b3 (or #9) 5 b7 | ▶ Dbm7 (add 7) |
| D | b7 9 #11 (or b5) 13 (or 6) | ▶ D(9, #11, 13, b7)Try it in: Lydian Dominant · Dorian ♯4 |
| Eb | 13 (or 6) b9 11 (or 4) #5 (or b13) | — |
| E | #5 (or b13) 3 5 | ▶ E (add #5)Try it in: Mixolydian ♭6 · Phrygian Dominant · Harmonic Major |
| F | 5 7 b3 (or #9) #11 (or b5) | ▶ Fdim(maj7) (add 5)Try it in: Lydian ♯2 · Hungarian Minor |
| Gb | #11 (or b5) b7 9 11 (or 4) | — |
| G | 11 (or 4) 13 (or 6) b9 3 | ▶ G(b9, 3, 11, 13) |
| Ab | 3 #5 (or b13) b3 (or #9) | ▶ Ab+ (add #9)Try it in: Altered · Ultra Locrian · Augmented |
| A | b3 (or #9) 5 7 9 | ▶ Am(add9) (add 7)Try it in: Melodic Minor · Harmonic Minor · Hungarian Minor |
| Bb | 9 #11 (or b5) b7 b9 | — |
| B | b9 11 (or 4) 13 (or 6) | ▶ B(b9, 11, 13)Try it in: Dorian ♭2 · Locrian ♮6 · Neapolitan Major |