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← G♭ Altered on Viola (treble clef)

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