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"Río Ancho" is a Spanish flamenco guitar piece that combines flamenco and gypsy jazz influences. The piece is in the key of E minor and progresses to A minor, D, G, C and B7. The original performances of the song had notable flute solos towards the end of the piece, reminiscent of classic Spanish gypsy music with trumpets.
Palos of flamenco. The Andalusian cadence (diatonic phrygian tetrachord) is a term adopted from flamenco music for a chord progression comprising four chords descending stepwise – a iv–III–II–I progression with respect to the Phrygian mode or i–VII–VI–V progression with respect to the Aeolian mode (minor). [1]
One of the structurally strictest forms of flamenco, a traditional dance in alegrías must contain each of the following sections: a salida (entrance), paseo (walkaround), silencio (similar to an adagio in ballet), castellana (upbeat section) zapateado (literally "a tap of the foot") and bulerías. This structure though, is not followed when ...
For example, to determine that a song belongs to the palo called Bulerías, only the rhythm is taken into consideration, no matter its mode or stanza. Fandangos , on the other hand, include a variety of forms in 3 / 4 or 6 / 8 , but later it developed "free" forms (that is, with no determined rhythm).
Flamenco mode Play ⓘ.. In music theory, the flamenco mode (also Major-Phrygian) is a harmonized mode or scale abstracted from its use in flamenco music. In other words, it is the collection of pitches in ascending order accompanied by chords representing the pitches and chords used together in flamenco songs and pieces.
It is believed that Enrique Butrón fixed the current flamenco style of alegrías and Ignacio Espeleta who introduced the characteristic "tiriti, tran, tran...". Some of the best known interpreters of alegrías are Enrique el Mellizo , Chato de la Isla, Pinini, Pericón de Cádiz , Aurelio Sellés, La Perla de Cádiz, Chano Lobato and El Folli.
Cantes de ida y vuelta (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkantes ðe ˈiðaj ˈβwelta]) is a Spanish expression literally meaning roundtrip songs.It refers to a group of flamenco musical forms or palos with diverse musical features, which "travelled back" from Latin America (mainly Cuba) as styles that, having originated in the interplay between musical traditions of peninsular Spain and those of ...
Tientos is a flamenco Andalusian palo which has a rhythm consisting of 4 beats. It is in the same family as the Tangos , but slower and with different topics, lyrics and mood. Every Tientos becomes a Tangos at the end of the song/dance. [ 1 ]