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← C♭ Altered on Viola (treble clef)

C♭ 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 1C♭·F𝄫·B𝄫
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Degree 2 · Degree 2D𝄫·G𝄫·C♭
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Degree 3 · III(4)Ebb(4)
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Degree 4 · Degree 4F𝄫·B𝄫·E𝄫
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Degree 5 · Degree 5G𝄫·C♭·F𝄫
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Degree 6 · VI(4)Abb(4)
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Degree 7 · VII(4)Bbb(4)
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Degree 1 · C♭·F𝄫·B𝄫Degree 2 · D𝄫·G𝄫·C♭III(4) · Ebb(4)Degree 4 · F𝄫·B𝄫·E𝄫Degree 5 · G𝄫·C♭·F𝄫VI(4) · Abb(4)VII(4) · Bbb(4)