Drop 2 Eflat Major 6 diminished
The Eflat major 6th scale
1
Eflat Major 6
bœ nœ œ œ bw
& bœ œ œ bœ
D diminished 7
The Eflat major 6th diminished scale is a scale of chords that alternates between various inversions of
2 Eflat major 6th and inversions of the the diminished chord that resolves to Eflat major 6th
w
œœ b œœ bbœœ n œœ œœ b œœœ bb œœœ nœœœ bbww
& bbœœ nœœ œœ bœœ b œœ
b nœ œ œ w
There are 35 voicings
that you need to learn.
15 of these are drop 2.
Drop 2 chords have all
notes on adjacent strings
3 E¨6 E¨6 E¨6 E¨6
3fr 5fr 8fr 12fr
1312
˙˙
2314
bb˙˙
2314
˙˙
2314
b˙ ˙˙ b ˙˙
b
4
& b ˙˙˙ b ˙
4 1
2 4
b ˙
1
1
3 3
1 3 3 2 2
2
1
6th in bass Root in bass Third in bass Fifth in bass
(Third Inversion) (Root Position) (1st Inversion) (2nd Inversion)
Dº7
4
˙ b ˙˙ ˙˙
& b˙˙˙ b˙˙
2314
4
bn˙˙˙ ˙˙
n˙
1
3
2
2
E¨6 E¨6 E¨6 E¨6
5 4fr 8fr 10fr
˙˙ bb ˙˙˙
2314 1111 1423
˙ bb˙˙
3
b ˙˙
b
1
& b ˙˙
b ˙ ˙˙ ˙
4 4 1 2
1 1 4
1 1
3 1
3 2
1
6 Dº7
˙
b ˙˙ n ˙˙ b ˙˙˙ b˙˙˙
1324
& n˙˙ b˙˙ ˙
4
2
3
1
7
E¨6 E¨6 E¨6 E¨6
5fr 8fr 10fr
˙˙
bb˙˙˙
2314 2311 1311 2413
& bb˙˙˙ ˙˙ b ˙
3
b ˙˙
b b ˙
1 1
˙
1 1
4
˙
1
1 3 3 4
2
3 1
2
2
8 Dº7
2fr
˙ b ˙˙
2413
& n˙˙˙ b˙˙˙ b˙˙˙ ˙˙
4
2
b˙ n˙
3
1
3
Drop 3 Eflat Major 6 diminished
E¨6 E¨6 E¨6 E¨6
9 3fr 5fr 8fr 11fr
1 121
b ˙˙
2 143
b ˙˙
3 141
b3˙˙241
b˙˙˙ b˙ ˙
1
˙
3 1
b b˙
4 4
& ˙ ˙
1
b˙
4 2
2 1
1
1 3
3
1 2
10 of the 35
voicings are drop 3.
Drop 3 chords have 3
notes on adjacent strings,
then you skip one string
10 Dº7
b ˙˙ b˙˙˙ ˙˙
˙˙ ˙
n˙
2 141
& ˙
b b˙
1
˙ ˙
4
n˙
1
11 E¨6 E¨6 E¨6 E¨6
4fr 8fr 10fr
3 141 4 231
˙
1 111
b2 143
˙˙
b˙˙ bb˙˙
& bb˙˙˙ ˙
3
˙
1
b˙
1 1 1 4
b˙ ˙
1
˙
3 1
4
1 2 2
1
4
3
12
Dº7
2fr
˙ b ˙˙ b˙˙˙
& n˙˙˙ b˙˙
2 131
˙ ˙
˙
1
b˙ n˙
3
1
2
4
Drop 2 and 4 Eflat Major 6 diminished
E¨6 E¨6 E¨6 E¨6
13 3fr 5fr 8fr 12fr
˙
b˙ ˙˙ bb ˙˙ ˙
13 24 12 34 12 34 12 34
4
b˙ b ˙˙
b
4
˙˙
4 4
b˙
3
& ˙˙
3
b˙
3
2
2 2 2
3
1 1
1
1
10 of the 35 voicings
are drop 2 and 4.
These have 2 notes on
adjacent strings, then
skip a string for another
pair of notes on adjacent
strings
Dº7
14
˙˙
b ˙˙ 12 34 n ˙˙ b ˙˙
b˙˙ ˙˙ b˙˙
4
& ˙ 3
n˙ 1
2
15 E¨6 E¨6 E¨6 E¨6
5fr 8fr 10fr
11 12
˙˙
23 14
bb˙˙
13 14
˙˙
13 24
b˙
4
& b ˙˙ bb˙˙
4
˙˙
bb˙˙
2 4 2
1 3
˙
1 1
3 3 1
1 1
2
1
16 Dº7
2fr
˙˙ b ˙˙ ˙˙ b ˙˙
12 14
n ˙˙
4
& ˙ b˙˙
b˙ n ˙˙
1
2