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← F Altered on Tenor Saxophone

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)Ab(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)Db(4)
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Degree 7 · VII(4)Eb(4)
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Open in inversion explorer
Degree 1 · F·B𝄫·E♭Degree 2 · G♭·C♭·FIII(4) · Ab(4)Degree 4 · B𝄫·E♭·A♭Degree 5 · C♭·F·B𝄫VI(4) · Db(4)VII(4) · Eb(4)