Ricardo -> RE: How to learn new chords? (Sep. 18 2008 1:48:36)
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ORIGINAL: Francisco I mean does it apply to all palos? No, the ones that are "modal" seem to use that progression. Truely, it is a disguised normal cycle of 5ths progression, that seems to end on the V of a minor key. For example: Am (dm) G (C) F (bm7b5) E.....There is your iv III II I. But modal really means you only need to have that last chord, E, and the related scale, no real chord "progression". So it is a tricky thing for music theory. In the minor key it is i, VII, VI, V, sounds exactly the same. So how to make that V in minor, really sound like the "I" of the phrygian mode is the point of the whole thing, and the challenge for the western listener to accept. Fandangos modulates to relative major, so that is an important palo to study to understand this modal concept. So simply put, it is good to think of some flamenco palos as "tonal" meaning they resolve V-I or V-i in minor, and other palos as "modal" or having the phrygian sound. Modal palos: Martinete, Siguiriyas, Solea, Solxbul, bulerias, Tientos, Tangos, jaleos. Tonal palos, major: Cantiñas, bulerias de cadiz, Guajira, Colombiana, Garrotin, etc Tonal palos, minor: Farruca, peteneras, Tangos de malaga, Some party songs will slip in and out of modal and tonal type harmonies depending on the specific melody, like Rumba, bulerias, Tanguillo, Tangos, and sevillanas. And of course tonal songs, cuple, canciones, boleros, even Rancheras, can be interpreted with flamenco compas, yet the palo name is used. Fandangos are in a special category that I call a "hybrid". They start and end "modal" but the copla, the main verse calls in very tonal harmony, usually relative major. (In Ephrygian, that means the copla is in C major, with IV-V-I changes). That includes, ALL the fandangos, and there are so many. Malagueñas, Granaina, Taranto and all the cantes de la mina, etc. Also in they hybrid category you have the mountain cantes like Caña, Polo, Serrana, Verdiales and Rondeñas etc etc, all make liberal use of the relative major, but ultimately end up being "modal". So, all that complex info ends up being pretty simple from the point of view of accompaniment, once you learn how the songs go. [:D]
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