Escribano -> RE: Granadinas (Jul. 3 2006 0:31:45)
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Granadina is Granaína in Andaluz, right? A member of the fandango family, according to Robin Totton; as are fandangos locales, fandangos de Heulva, verdiales, rondenás, malaguenás, jaberas, fandangos personales or fandangos grandes. "The granaína is the only song form in the key of B that is played on open strings... what is more, the chordal sequence is not quite the same as with other fandangos; Em/G-C-G-D7-G-C/B7. Thus, the tonic B chord, even at the end, is played with the flattened seventh, A. The granaína is sung in two verses. Technically, they are two songs; the first verse is sung to one, and in the second, the singer has to let rip with melismas over a wide range, a demanding test of vocal control. In their hometown they are called the half-granaína and granaína, but elsewhere they are still misnamed the other way around." There is a lot more about this palo, and all the others, in his book - "Song of the Outcasts"
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