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← B♭ Melodic Minor on Bass

B♭ Melodic Minor — 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 1B♭·E♭·A
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Degree 2 · II(4)C(4)
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Degree 3 · Degree 3D♭·G·C
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Degree 4 · Degree 4E♭·A·D♭
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Degree 5 · V(4)F(4)
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Degree 6 · VI(4)G(4)
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Degree 7 · Degree 7A·D♭·G
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Degree 1 · B♭·E♭·AII(4) · C(4)Degree 3 · D♭·G·CDegree 4 · E♭·A·D♭V(4) · F(4)VI(4) · G(4)Degree 7 · A·D♭·G