Drop 2

[timmer]

Just play 3 of the 4 notes. Life is too short.

[frankhond]

There are some good news. I have been practicing Barry Greene's chord position study (based on There Will Never Be Another You), and while simplifying some grips to be able to play it, I also set some time aside to persevere with that xx5766 drop2. Just gently asking my hand to find a way, no forcing or hurting. After a few months I can now hit it accurately maybe 70% of the time, which is good enough that I stopped simplifying it. There is still hope.

Notably, the improvement doesn't come from developing a deeper joint break, my finger is just as stiff as before. Somehow, the fingertip got pliable in the right way and now covers both strings. The remaining 30% inaccuracy comes from complicated position change rather than the grip itself.

So it's worth setting some time aside for the impossible stuff, one day it might become possible.

[WILSON 1]

Barre with index xx3333.

Barre with middle xxxx44.

Rest ring finger on middle.

Play xxx5xx with pinky OFF and ON up the fretboard.

At approx. fret 8 switch to the ring finger.... continue up.

REPEAT

[Donplaysguitar]

I'm not sure what the big concern is. That's a Gmi7, right? Play it with all four fingers. I didn't even know people tried to play it wth a barre. That's awkward.

Are we trying to play a lead line where we go for a C note on the first string? In other words a line from Bb to C?

Some options:

• Lift your hand to play the C. The full chord sounds on the beat, the C on the "and" of the beat. The chord is still sounding in the listeners mind.

• Play a Gmi6 with a first finger barre and a free pinky to grab the C. xx5756

• As John said above, use a quartal voicing. xx5566

• Also - play it from the 5th string instead of the 4th

[Eck]

Does drop 2 actually mean that the 3 should be the highest pitched note in the voicing? (I see all these convoluted explanations on the web ...)


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[pcjazz]

Does drop 2 actually mean that the 3 should be the highest pitched note in the voicing?

A 6 chord in drop 2 has these inversions: (bass note : soprano note)

1 : 3
3 : 5
5 : 6
6 : 1

[Donplaysguitar]

Does drop 2 actually mean that the 3 should be the highest pitched note in the voicing? (I see all these convoluted explanations on the web ...)


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To generate drop 2 voicings; (1) simply map out all inversions of any 7th chord, in close position.

7 R 3 5
5 7 R 3
3 5 7 R
R 3 5 7


(2) Then rewrite them, dropping the second highest tone in each voicing down one octave into the bass voice.

7.................7
5.................3
3.................R
R becomes 5

and so on...


Drop 3 works the same way, except that you drop the 3rd highest voice (or second lowest voice if you prefer)

5.................5
3.................3
R.................7
7 becomes R

[alltunes]

Take the highest note in a drop 2 chord and replace it with the same note an octave below and you get the drop 3 voicing.