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← B Altered on Clarinet in Bb

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♭·ADegree 2 · C·F·BIII(4) · D(4)Degree 4 · E♭·A·DDegree 5 · F·B·E♭VI(4) · G(4)VII(4) · A(4)