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← B♭ Phrygian on Bassoon (tenor clef)

B♭ Phrygian — 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 · I(4)Bb(4)
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Degree 2 · Degree 2C♭·F·B♭
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Degree 3 · III(4)Db(4)
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Degree 4 · IV(4)Eb(4)
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Degree 5 · V(4)F(4)
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Degree 6 · Degree 6G♭·C♭·F
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Degree 7 · VII(4)Ab(4)
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Open in inversion explorer
I(4) · Bb(4)Degree 2 · C♭·F·B♭III(4) · Db(4)IV(4) · Eb(4)V(4) · F(4)Degree 6 · G♭·C♭·FVII(4) · Ab(4)