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Quartal triad voicings on guitar
Quartal triad (1–4–♭7). Played exactly as stacked, from the bass up. Practice Lab's voicing search finds 4 shapes, every one movable: drawn here on C (C, F, B♭), each plays any key moved to it, as the table below shows.
| Note | C | F | B♭ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Degree | 1 | 4 | ♭7 |
From the bass: C F B♭ (1 4 ♭7)
Strings 6, 5 and 4
Grip 8-8-8-x-x-x · fret 8Strings 5, 4 and 3
Grip x-3-3-3-x-x · fret 3Strings 4, 3 and 2
Grip x-x-10-10-11-x · frets 10–11Show 1 more string setShow 2 more string setsShow less
Strings 4, 3 and 2
Grip x-x-10-10-11-x · frets 10–11Strings 3, 2 and 1
Grip x-x-x-5-6-6 · frets 5–6Where the shapes start in every key
The fret of each shape's lowest note, between fret 1 and 12, by the string it is on and the degree it plays.
| Key | String 3 (1) | String 4 (1) | String 5 (1) | String 6 (1) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | 5 | 10 | 3 | 8 |
| D♭ | 6 | 11 | 4 | 9 |
| D | 7 | 12 | 5 | 10 |
| E♭ | 8 | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| E | 9 | 2 | 7 | 12 |
| F | 10 | 3 | 8 | 1 |
| F♯ | 11 | 4 | 9 | 2 |
| G | 12 | 5 | 10 | 3 |
| A♭ | 1 | 6 | 11 | 4 |
| A | 2 | 7 | 12 | 5 |
| B♭ | 3 | 8 | 1 | 6 |
| B | 4 | 9 | 2 | 7 |
Scales with Quartal triad on C in them
Scale pages on the same root that hold every note of the voicing.
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