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 Csus2(maj7) 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 | 9 5 7 | ▶ Csus2(maj7)Try it in: Major · Lydian · Melodic Minor |
| Db | 7 b9 #11 (or b5) b7 | — |
| D | b7 11 (or 4) 13 (or 6) | ▶ D(11, 13, b7)Try it in: Dorian · Mixolydian · Dorian ♭2 |
| Eb | 13 (or 6) 7 3 #5 (or b13) | ▶ Ebmaj7#5 (add 13)Try it in: Lydian Augmented · Ionian ♯5 · Bebop Major |
| E | #5 (or b13) b7 b3 (or #9) 5 | ▶ Em7 (add #5)Try it in: Phrygian · Natural Minor |
| F | 5 13 (or 6) 9 #11 (or b5) | ▶ F(9, #11, 5, 13)Try it in: Lydian · Lydian Dominant · Dorian ♯4 |
| Gb | #11 (or b5) #5 (or b13) b9 11 (or 4) | — |
| G | 11 (or 4) 5 3 | ▶ G (add 11)Try it in: Major · Mixolydian · Mixolydian ♭6 |
| Ab | 3 #11 (or b5) 7 b3 (or #9) | ▶ Abdim(maj7) (add 3)Try it in: Lydian ♯2 |
| A | b3 (or #9) 11 (or 4) b7 9 | ▶ Am11 (no 5)Try it in: Dorian · Natural Minor · Locrian ♮2 |
| Bb | 9 3 13 (or 6) b9 | — |
| B | b9 b3 (or #9) #5 (or b13) | ▶ B(b9, b3, #5)Try it in: Phrygian · Locrian · Altered |