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64.81Level 35 — combine with quartal harmony

Take pentatonic notes and form fourth-like shapes.

From C major pentatonic:

D-G-C.

From D major pentatonic:

E-A-D.

These are familiar quartal shapes.

So:

pentatonics

triad pairs

quartal voicings

upper structures

are not unrelated systems.

They are different organizations of overlapping pitch material.