Easy and popular sevillanas

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Miguel de Maria

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Easy and popular sevillanas

I'm thinking about putting together some sevillanas to sing for fun and maybe gigs. Are there any popular ones, "greatest hits" so to speak, that are not too hard?

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Morante

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RE: Easy and popular sevillanas (in reply to Miguel de Maria)

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Are there any popular ones, "greatest hits" so to speak, that are not too hard?

"El Adios" is the most beatiful, also "Desde Caí a Sevilla", o "Cantame por Sevillanas, que lo siento la alegría".

Modern Sevillanas seem very contrived.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Aug. 7 2014 15:54:07

Leñador

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RE: Easy and popular sevillanas (in reply to Miguel de Maria)

None I've encountered have been "hard". Some interpretations are hard but I think they're built to be sung by regular folk, like pub songs kinda.
Some ones that are very popular that I can stomach(many too cheesy for me) are:
Mira la cara cara
Puerta de Toledo
Cantaba la virgen poemas

All three of those sound pretty similar though so you probly wouldn't do more then one in a set.

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El Kiko

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RE: Easy and popular sevillanas (in reply to Miguel de Maria)

Algo se muere en el alma cuando un amigo se va,

everybody ..lit. .. knows that one /...

I like ...me casé con un enano...cos its a lively tune .. funny and lots know it too ..always gets a smile ...

these are easy to find on line ....but some versions are better than others

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Aug. 7 2014 17:59:21

Leñador

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RE: Easy and popular sevillanas (in reply to Miguel de Maria)

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...me casé con un enano...

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(many too cheesy for me)

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Aug. 7 2014 20:58:22

Miguel de Maria

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RE: Easy and popular sevillanas (in reply to Miguel de Maria)

Thank you for the suggestions, guys. I've heard some of these but never knew the names. "El Adios", the singer in my first rumba group sung it--always loved that tune.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Aug. 7 2014 22:42:36