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Quartaltriadsareanessentialpartofthechordalvocabularyofseriousjazzandgospelmusicians.
Fromthe1960stilldate,musicianshavevoicedseveralclassesofchordsinfourthintervals,whichisabsolutelydifferentfromthetraditionalwayofvoicingthemusing
thirdintervals(akatertianharmony.)AregularexampleofsuchvoicingsisthevoicingoftheDmin11chord:
inMilesDavisalbumKindofBlue,commonlyknownasthesowhatchord.
Gospelmusiciansarentleftbehind!ItscommontoseeanadvancedgospelkeyboardistvoicetheC6[add9]chord:
infourths:
Inthislesson,Illbeshowingyouessentialquartaltriadsthatyoumustnotbewithout.Butbeforewegointoallofthat,letsdoareviewontriads.
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AShortNoteOnTriads
Atriadisbasicallyacollectionofthreerelatednotesplayed/heardtogether.Keywordslikethree,related,andtogetheraretooimportanttothedefinitionofatriadforus
tooverlook.Letsdealwiththembeforeweproceed.
Three
Inthewordtriad,theprefixtrisuggeststhree.Althoughatriadcanhaveasmuchasfournoteswhenonethetonesisduplicated,ittakesthreenotestoformatriad.
Related
Itsalsoimportanttonotethatthethreenotesthatmakeupatriad(akachordtones)mustberelatedintwoways:
Byagivenscale(scalerelationship)
Byastipulatedinterval(intervallicrelationship)
ThinkabouttheCmajortriadasacollectionofthreenotes(C,E,andG):
relatedbytheCmajorscale:
andthirdintervals.
ScalerelationshipC,E,andGare[thefirst,third,andfifth]tonesoftheCmajorscale.
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IntervallicrelationshipC,E,andGareapartfromeachotherinthirds.CE(athird),EG(athird.)
Everycollectionofthreenotesmusthavescaleandintervallicrelationshipbeforetheycanbeconsideredasatriad.
Together
Harmonyistheoutcomeofplayingnotestogether.AnoldEnglishwordfortogetherisaccord,whichisoneoftherootwordsforthetermchord.
Duetothefactthatthenotesofatriadareplayed/heardtogether,atriadcanbeconsideredasachord.Atriadcanalsobedefinedasachordofthreenotes.
Letsendourreviewontriadsandproceedtoourfocusintodayslesson,whichistoexploreanimportantclassoftriadsknownasquartaltriads.
WhatIsAQuartalTriad?
Letsstartbybreakingdownthetermquartaltriadintotwowordsquartalandtriad.
Quartal:Aclassofharmonywherethereispreferenceforfourthintervals.
Triad:Acollectionofthreeormorerelatednotesplayed/heardtogether.
Justlikeeveryothertriad,aquartaltriadisacollectionofthreenotesnotes,however,therespreferenceforfourthintervalsbetweenthenotesofthetriad.
Aquartaltriadcanbeformedbystackingthenotesofanygivenscale(letsusetheCnaturalmajorscaleinthiscase):
infourthintervals.AfourthfromC:
isF:
andafourthfromCF:
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isB:
Altogether,CFB:
isaquartaltriad,whichconsistsofthreenotes,andbuiltinfourthintervals.
ThreeKnownQualitiesOfFourthIntervals
Havingestablishedthatfourthsareusedintheformationofquartaltriads,itisimportantforustolearnallthequalitiesoffourthintervals.
LetsTakeOurExamplesInTheKeyOfC
IntheCmajorscale:
therelationshipbetweenthefirstandfourthtones(CandF):
formsaperfectfourthinterval.RaisingF:
byahalfstep(toF#):
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formsCF#:
anaugmentedfourthinterval,whileloweringF:
byahalfstep(toFb):
formsCFb:
adiminishedfourthinterval.
Thesethreeknownqualitiesoffourthintervalsperfect,augmented,anddiminishedfourthintervalsareusedintheformationofquartaltriads.
Thequartaltriadweformedearlier(CFB):
hastwodistinctfourthintervals
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CF:
aperfectfourthinterval.
FB:
anaugmentedfourthinterval.
Attention:CFB(thequartaltriad)consistsoftwofourthintervalqualitiestheperfectandtheaugmentedfourthintervals(akatritone),andthesearethe
commonlyusedintervalsintheformationofquartaltriads.Alsonotethatdiminishedfourthintervalsarealsoused.
Beforewegointothenextsegment,takealookatperfect,augmented,anddiminishedfourthintervalsinalltwelvekeys
PerfectFourthIntervals
Cperfectfourth:
Dbperfectfourth:
Dperfectfourth:
Ebperfectfourth:
Eperfectfourth:
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Fperfectfourth:
F#perfectfourth:
Gperfectfourth:
Abperfectfourth:
Aperfectfourth:
Bbperfectfourth:
Bperfectfourth:
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AugmentedFourthIntervals
Caugmentedfourth:
Dbaugmentedfourth:
Daugmentedfourth:
Ebaugmentedfourth:
Eaugmentedfourth:
Faugmentedfourth:
Gbaugmentedfourth:
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Gaugmentedfourth:
Abaugmentedfourth:
Aaugmentedfourth:
Bbaugmentedfourth:
Baugmentedfourth:
DiminishedFourthIntervals
Cdiminishedfourth:
C#diminishedfourth:
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Ddiminishedfourth:
D#diminishedfourth:
Ediminishedfourth:
E#(F)diminishedfourth:
F#diminishedfourth:
Gdiminishedfourth:
G#diminishedfourth:
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A#diminishedfourth:
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Adiminishedfourth:
Bdiminishedfourth:
ThreeQuartalTriadsCommonToJazzAndGospelMusicians
Atlast,youreabouttolearnthreequartaltriads:
The7sus4Chord
The7sus#4Chord
TheMaj7sus#4Chord
thatyoucanaddtoyourchordalvocabulary.Thesequartaltriadscanbeformedusingtheperfectandaugmentedfourthintervals.
CheckThemOut
The7sus4Chord
Whentherearetwoconsecutiveperfectfourthintervalsbetweenchordtonesinaquartaltriad,a7sus4chordisformed.
StartingfromC
AperfectfourthaboveCisF(the4):
andaperfectfourthaboveFisBb(the7):
Altogether,thatsCFBb:
theC7sus4chord.
Usingtwoconsecutiveperfectfourthintervals,youcanformthe7sus4chordsinalltwelvekeys
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C7sus4:
D7sus4:
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C#7sus4:
Eb7sus4:
E7sus4:
F7sus4:
F#7sus4:
G7sus4:
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Ab7sus4:
A7sus4:
Bb7sus4:
B7sus4:
The7sus#4Chord
Whenanaugmentedfourthintervalandadiminishedfourthintervalarebetweensuccessivechordtonesinaquartaltriad,a7sus#4chordisformed.
StartingfromC
AnaugmentedfourthaboveCisF#(the#4):
andadiminishedfourthaboveF#isBb(the7):
Altogether,thatsCF#Bb:
theC7sus#4chord.
Hereare7sus#4chordsinalltwelvekeys
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C7sus#4:
Dbsus#4:
D7sus#4:
Eb7sus#4:
E7sus#4:
F7sus#4:
Gbsus#4:
G7sus#4:
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Ab7sus#4:
A7sus#4:
Bb7sus#4:
B7sus#4:
TheMaj7sus#4Chord
Whenanaugmentedfourthintervalandanperfectfourthintervalarebetweensuccessivechordtonesinaquartaltriad,amaj7sus#4chordisformed.
StartingfromC
AnaugmentedfourthaboveCisF#(the#4):
andaperfectfourthaboveF#isB(themaj7):
Altogether,thatsCF#B:
theCmaj7sus#4chord.
Herearemaj7sus#4chordsinalltwelvekeys
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C7sus#4:
Dbsus#4:
D7sus#4:
Eb7sus#4:
E7sus#4:
F7sus#4:
Gbsus#4:
G7sus#4:
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Ab7sus#4:
A7sus#4:
Bb7sus#4:
B7sus#4:
FinalWords
Unliketriadsthatarebuiltwiththirdintervals(akatertianchords),quartaltriadssoundopenandofferjazzandgospelpianistsmoreharmonicsophisticationand
thatswhywerediscussingitinthislesson.
WellbefurtheringourdiscussioninanotherpostwhereIllbeshowingyouhowthesequartaltriadscanbeusedtoformmajor,minor,dominant,andaltereddominant
chords.
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