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C♭ 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 1C♭·F♭·B♭
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Degree 2 · II(4)Db(4)
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Degree 3 · Degree 3E𝄫·A♭·D♭
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Degree 4 · Degree 4F♭·B♭·E𝄫
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Degree 5 · V(4)Gb(4)
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Degree 6 · VI(4)Ab(4)
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Degree 7 · Degree 7B♭·E𝄫·A♭
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Degree 1 · C♭·F♭·B♭II(4) · Db(4)Degree 3 · E𝄫·A♭·D♭Degree 4 · F♭·B♭·E𝄫V(4) · Gb(4)VI(4) · Ab(4)Degree 7 · B♭·E𝄫·A♭