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← C♯ Altered on Bassoon (tenor clef)

C♯ 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 1C♯·F·B
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Degree 2 · Degree 2D·G·C♯
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Degree 3 · III(4)E(4)
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Degree 4 · Degree 4F·B·E
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Degree 5 · Degree 5G·C♯·F
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Degree 6 · VI(4)A(4)
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Degree 7 · VII(4)B(4)
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Open in inversion explorer
Degree 1 · C♯·F·BDegree 2 · D·G·C♯III(4) · E(4)Degree 4 · F·B·EDegree 5 · G·C♯·FVI(4) · A(4)VII(4) · B(4)