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← G Altered on Baritone Saxophone

G Altered — Quartal voicings

Three-note stacks of fourths, one per scale degree — the open, ambiguous voicing-flavour McCoy Tyner and Bill Evans built modal-era jazz around (the 'So What' chord).

All 7 quartal voicings in sequence
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Degree 1 · Degree 1G·C♭·F
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Degree 2 · Degree 2A♭·D♭·G
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Degree 3 · III(4)Bb(4)
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Degree 4 · Degree 4C♭·F·B♭
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Degree 5 · Degree 5D♭·G·C♭
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Degree 6 · VI(4)Eb(4)
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Degree 7 · VII(4)F(4)
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Degree 1 · G·C♭·FDegree 2 · A♭·D♭·GIII(4) · Bb(4)Degree 4 · C♭·F·B♭Degree 5 · D♭·G·C♭VI(4) · Eb(4)VII(4) · F(4)