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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)C(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)F(4)
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Degree 7 · VII(4)G(4)
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Open in inversion explorer
Degree 1 · A·D♭·GDegree 2 · B♭·E♭·AIII(4) · C(4)Degree 4 · D♭·G·CDegree 5 · E♭·A·D♭VI(4) · F(4)VII(4) · G(4)