The Most Important Chord in Jazz

Whether you know it or not, you've probably already played a shape or two of the Drop 2 chord family. In this lesson, I'll show you how to construct any Drop 2 shape on the guitar neck with a simple formula. This lesson comes with tabs, so check them out below and incorporate these shapes into your repertoire.

MAJ7 DROP 2s | STRING SET 1

MAJ7 DROP 2s | STRING SET 2

MAJ7 DROP 2s | STRING SET 3

MIN7 DROP 2s | STRING SET 1

MIN7 DROP 2s | STRING SET 2

MIN7 DROP 2s | STRING SET 3

DOM7 DROP 2s | STRING SET 1

DOM7 DROP 2s | STRING SET 2

DOM7 DROP 2s | STRING SET 3

MIN7b5 DROP 2s | STRING SET 1

MIN7b5 DROP 2s | STRING SET 2

MIN7b5 DROP 2s | STRING SET 3

DIM7 DROP 2s | STRING SET 1

DIM7 DROP 2s | STRING SET 2

DIM7 DROP 2s | STRING SET 3

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