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A♭ 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 1A♭·D𝄫·G♭
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Degree 2 · Degree 2B𝄫·E𝄫·A♭
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Degree 3 · III(4)Cb(4)
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Degree 4 · Degree 4D𝄫·G♭·C♭
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Degree 5 · Degree 5E𝄫·A♭·D𝄫
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Degree 6 · VI(4)Fb(4)
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Degree 7 · VII(4)Gb(4)
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Open in inversion explorer
Degree 1 · A♭·D𝄫·G♭Degree 2 · B𝄫·E𝄫·A♭III(4) · Cb(4)Degree 4 · D𝄫·G♭·C♭Degree 5 · E𝄫·A♭·D𝄫VI(4) · Fb(4)VII(4) · Gb(4)