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← G♯ Altered on Bassoon (tenor clef)

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)B(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)E(4)
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Degree 7 · VII(4)F#(4)
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Degree 1 · G♯·C·F♯Degree 2 · A·D·G♯III(4) · B(4)Degree 4 · C·F♯·BDegree 5 · D·G♯·CVI(4) · E(4)VII(4) · F#(4)