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Rick encourages experimenting with orchestrating these fifths for string sections, dividing the notes across different players to balance the sound. He shows how you can extend these voicings by adding other notes or altering the intervals to create interesting textures—like inserting a diminished fifth or augmented fourth on top to add tension or color.
Modal and Scale-Based Applications
Rick emphasizes that understanding where these quartal and quintal intervals occur within scales is crucial. He guides listeners through finding where stacked fourths or fifths appear in modes like D Dorian, C melodic minor, or major scales, pointing out the importance of recognizing augmented or diminished intervals that naturally occur in these contexts.