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B♯ 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 1B♯·E·A♯
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Degree 2 · Degree 2C♯·F♯·B♯
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Degree 3 · III(4)D#(4)
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Degree 4 · Degree 4E·A♯·D♯
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Degree 5 · Degree 5F♯·B♯·E
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Degree 6 · VI(4)G#(4)
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Degree 7 · VII(4)A#(4)
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Degree 1 · B♯·E·A♯Degree 2 · C♯·F♯·B♯III(4) · D#(4)Degree 4 · E·A♯·D♯Degree 5 · F♯·B♯·EVI(4) · G#(4)VII(4) · A#(4)