Andalusian cadence

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Andalusian cadence in E-Phrygian dominant

Andalusian cadence , also Spanish cadence , is the slang term for a linear and harmonic progression that is used in Andalusian folk music and in flamenco . The linear aspect of the model consists in the Phrygian tetrachord of the lower voice, the harmonic in the displacement of triads. The voice leading ( parallel fifths ) may have its origin in guitar or lute music . The model can also be found in rock and pop music . In terms of composition history, the artificial elaborations of the descending Phrygian tetrachord are significant in the field of classical music ; in musicology and music theory, the term lamento bass has been established for this model .

Interpretations

The minor is easy to represent in terms of level theory, since it only contains triads with the i. Stage begins and ends with a dominant V stage:

i - bVII - bVI - V

From a functional theoretical point of view, the model begins tonic and ends dominant. A further interpretation does not make sense, because the auditory impression of the model (triad indentations) contradicts a cipher that states that the chords of the model are pseudo-consonances and represent main triads (tonic, subdominant and dominant).

use

Classical music

In many works of classical music there are Phrygian cadenzas above the topos of the lamento bass , the harmonization of which may have served as a model for the "Andalusian cadenza", which was later historically settled. a. in:

The Andalusian Cadence in Pop and Rock Music

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