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80.26Level 12 — quartal ambiguity
Play:
D-G-C.
What is it?
Over C bass:
C-D-G = Csus2-ish.
Over D bass:
D-G-C = D7sus-ish without 5/7 depending context.
Over G bass:
G-C-D = Gsus.
The same quartal shape accepts several roots.