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What are Drop-2, Drop-3 and Drop-2&4 Voicings for guitar?

May 20, 2015 by azsamadlessons 7 Comments

This is a video response to a question that Ayang Daniel Johns asked me on Facebook.

Do you have a question about guitar playing? Please leave a comment below & I might cover it in a future post. =)

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[NOTES]

Chord Voicing Types
a) 4-part close voicings
b) Drop-2 voicings
c) Drop-3 voicings
d) Drop-2&4 voicings

Click here to download a PDF Version of the notes:
What Are Drop-2, Drop-3 and Drop-2&4 Voicings Handout

What Are Drop Voicings

BONUS PRACTICE MATERIAL:

As an example, below are Drop-2, Drop-3 and Drop-2&4 voicings and inversions for Cmin7.

Want to download all these files as PDF files? Here they are:
Cmin7 Drop 2 Inversions Bottom Set
Cmin7 Drop 2 Inversions Middle Set
Cmin7 Drop 2 Inversions Top Set
Cmin7 Drop 3 Inversions Bottom Set
Cmin7 Drop 3 Inversions Top Set
Cmin7 Drop 2 and 4 Inversions Bottom Set
Cmin7 Drop 2 and 4 Inversions Top Set

These are free downloads to help you learn this material. If you found it helpful, please subscribe to my mailing list to get even more stuff like this in the future!

[PDF Version]
Cmin7 Drop 2 Inversions Bottom Set

Cmin7 Drop 2 Inversions Bottom Set

[PDF Version]
Cmin7 Drop 2 Inversions Middle Set

Cmin7 Drop 2 Inversions Middle Set

[PDF Version]
Cmin7 Drop 2 Inversions Top Set

Cmin7 Drop 2 Inversions Top Set

[PDF Version]
Cmin7 Drop 3 Inversions Bottom Set

Cmin7 Drop 3 Inversions Bottom Set

[PDF Version]
Cmin7 Drop 3 Inversions Top Set

Cmin7 Drop 3 Inversions Top Set

[PDF Version]
Cmin7 Drop 2 and 4 Inversions Bottom Set

Cmin7 Drop 2 and 4 Inversions Bottom Set

[PDF Version]
Cmin7 Drop 2 and 4 Inversions Top Set

Cmin7 Drop 2 and 4 Inversions Top Set

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