Re: Drop Voicings (was RE: Inversions)

Bob Schwartz ( bob_schwartz@mindspring.com )
Mon, 21 Oct 1996 13:51:37 -0400

Reed wrote:

>Bob,

>Drop two's are an arranging term.

>It's really simple.

>Take any closed position chord, say cmaj7 = c e g b

>If you drop the second note from the top down an octave,
>then you have a drop 2 voicing.

>Thus:

>g c e b

>These are very natural on the guitar.

>reed

Reed:

Thanks for the explanation. I'm still surprised I've never heard that term
before. Is it a term that's come into general use in recent years? My
formal mussical studies were more then thirty years ago, so I'm not up on
all the latest terminology.

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Bob