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F♯ 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 1F♯·B♭·E
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Degree 2 · Degree 2G·C·F♯
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Degree 3 · III(4)A(4)
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Degree 4 · Degree 4B♭·E·A
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Degree 5 · Degree 5C·F♯·B♭
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Degree 6 · VI(4)D(4)
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Degree 7 · VII(4)E(4)
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Open in inversion explorer
Degree 1 · F♯·B♭·EDegree 2 · G·C·F♯III(4) · A(4)Degree 4 · B♭·E·ADegree 5 · C·F♯·B♭VI(4) · D(4)VII(4) · E(4)