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Tetra Chords – Drop 2s, 3s & Inversions

Tetra Chords – Drop 2s, 3s & Inversions

DROP 2 VOICINGS

Drop 2 voicings are formed by taking a chord and then dropping the next to the highest note, or voice, to the lowest note of the chord. These voicings are important because most of these chords are easy for a guitarist to play on 4 adjacent strings.

Drop 2 is just a name for how the chords were derived from another chord. This is only important for naming the voicings.

The example below shows four C Major 7 chords (C E G B) and their drop 2 voicings in standard notation. It is important to realize the note which is dropped to the lowest voice.

C MAJOR 7 DROP 2 VOICINGS

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Click on the link below to have a printable .pdf of Drop 2 voicings

(The following examples are based off of a D root)

Tetra chords – Drop 2s

DROP 3 VOICINGS

Like Drop 2 voicings, Drop 3 voicings are formed by taking a chord and then dropping the third to the highest note, or voice, to the lowest note of the chord. These voicings are important because most of these chords are easy for a guitarist to play on 3 adjacent strings with the bass skipping a string.

Drop 3 is just a name for how the chords were derived from another chord. This is only important for naming the voicings.

The example below shows four C Major 7 chords (C E G B) and their drop 3 voicings in standard notation. The important thing to realize is which note is dropped to the lowest voice.

C MAJOR 7 DROP 3 VOICINGS

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Click on the link below to have a printable .pdf of Drop 3 voicings

(The following examples are based off of a D root)

Tetra chords – Drop 3s

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