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D 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 1D·G♭·C
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Degree 2 · Degree 2E♭·A♭·D
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Degree 3 · III(4)F(4)
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Degree 4 · Degree 4G♭·C·F
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Degree 5 · Degree 5A♭·D·G♭
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Degree 6 · VI(4)Bb(4)
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Degree 7 · VII(4)C(4)
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Degree 1 · D·G♭·CDegree 2 · E♭·A♭·DIII(4) · F(4)Degree 4 · G♭·C·FDegree 5 · A♭·D·G♭VI(4) · Bb(4)VII(4) · C(4)