Andalusian cadence

Andalusian cadence, even Spanish cadence, is the colloquial name given to a harmonic progression that is used in the Andalusian folk music and flamenco. As clichéd phrase, especially for the representation of an exotic or Spanish coloring it also occurs in classical music and in rock and pop music.

  • 2.1 Classical
  • 2.2 The Andalusian cadence in the pop and rock music

Representation

Stages theory as Phrygian half cadence in minor

The Andalusian cadence is in the notation of the theory of stages following progression in a minor key is:

Stages theory as Phrygian whole circuit

Function harmoniously

According to the theory of functions the sequence can, when interpreted as " Phrygian half cadence " ( minor) be represented as follows:

As a modal cadence in harmonizing practice of Andalusian Wed mode ( Phrygian ) the sequence of functions, however, is to be interpreted as s- tG -DT.

Use

Classical music

In many works of classical music to phrygian cadences found on the topos of Lamentobasses whose harmonization may have served as a model for the historically later to be resettled " Andalusian cadence ", inter alia, in:

  • Étienne Moulinié: Jalouse envie, Air de Cour (1637 published)
  • Claudio Monteverdi: Lamento della Ninfa (1638 published)
  • Luigi Pozzi: Cantata Sopra il Passacaglio. Diatonica (1654 published)
  • Johann Sebastian Bach: Chaconne from the Partita in D minor for solo violin BWV 1004 (1720)
  • Anselm Viola: Quoniam from the Gloria of the Alma Redemptoris Mater Mass, for chorus, soloists, and orchestra ( 1780 )
  • Carl Orff: Carmina Burana Fortune plango vulnera from ( 1935-6 )

The Andalusian cadence in the pop and rock music

  • Hit the Road Jack by Percy Mayfield (Model: Phrygian half cadence )
  • As Andalusian style Posted in disco rhythm: Do not Let Me Be Misunderstood ( in the version of Santa Esmeralda )
  • Sultans of Swing by Dire Straits
  • Thickness of Marius Müller- Westernhagen.
  • The burning Red by Machine Head
  • Ice Cream Man by Tom Waits
  • One More Cup of Coffee ( Valley Below ) by Bob Dylan
  • Innuendo by Queen (Spanish guitar interlude and later electric guitar solo )
  • Harmony
  • Flamenco
Diatonic function Carmina Burana (Orff) Machine Head (band) Queen (Band)
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