‘THE GUITARISTS GUIDE TO COMPOSING AND IMPROVISING. (a4) @ oy 86 The Interval Families of the Palette Chart In the Palette Chart, each seed belongs to a particular interval family, such as the “Traditional Triads” family. They are connected to the rest of their family by shapes, colors, or arrows. Arrows indicate inversion directions. The Traditional Triads family seeds are created by stacking thirds, producing the 33 seed, its inversions 34 and 43, and its open position forms 66, 65, and 56. (Inversions and open position are explained below.) The Quartal family seeds are created by stacking diatonic fourths, producing the 44 seed, its inversions 42 and 24, and its open position forms 55, 57, and 75. The Cluster family seeds are stacked seconds, producing its 22 seed, its inversions 26 and 62, and open-position forms 77, 73, and 37. Notice how the Cluster, Quartal, and Traditional Triad families are also connected by arrows, indicating the inversions, and then further labeled as being in open or close position. The other families are also connected visually by shape. The family Seventh Chords with No Fifth Degrees has white boxes around each seed. The family Seventh Chords with No Third Degree has gray boxes. The family connected within the long diagonal box is called the Octave family because there is an octave between the bottom and top notes of each of its seeds. For further clarity and visual organization on the palette chart, color in each of the Traditional Triad family seeds with a light blue, the Quartal family yellow, the Cluster family light purple, and the Octave family a light green. Keep the Seventh Chords No Fifth and Seventh Chords No Third families as they are. ‘Again, a family consists of a seed and its inversions, in both close and open positions. Let's first look at how the families connect by inversion. Here is the Quartal Close family, illustrated in a C Dorian (B-flat major) scale. The family consists of the 44, 42, and 24 seeds. Inversions are created by restacking a seed’s intervals, leapfrog-fashion, taking the seed’s bottom note and bringing it up an octave, on top of the other two notes. The Quartal Family Close-Position Inversions a @ wi ————— eet Fig. 4.6. Quartals Close inversions