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