Taranta

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The taranta is a palo , a style of flamenco that probably originated in Almería in the 19th century . It is the main form of the so-called cantes minero-levantinos , the chants that originated in the mining regions of southern Spain.

history

The Fandango , the Malagueña , the Rondeña , the Granaína and the Murciana are mentioned as predecessor forms, the latter possibly the predecessor of an intermediate form that led directly to the Taranta. It is possible that the Italian tarantella , which found its way to Spain at the end of the 18th century, influenced the shape and name of the taranta.

The taranta reached its peak in the first third of the 20th century. Notable singers from Almería who contributed to its development were El Cabogatero , El Ciego de la Playa and Pedro el Morato . Concha la Peñaranda , from La Unión , sang in Seville around 1884 . Singers from Málaga and Jaén also played a major role in its spread. Antonio Chacón put his own stamp on the taranta. J osé Blas Vega took the view that the duo Antonio Chacón and Carlos Montoya led the tarantas to their completion. The performers of the 1920s to 1940s drew from this.

Characteristic

The Taranta is a virtuoso vocal piece that requires great vocal variability and musicality. It doesn't have a fixed rhythm; its rhythm arises in the communication between singer and guitarist.

It is only sung and accompanied by the guitar, but not danced. Carmen Amaya , however, created a variation that she danced to.

tonality

It has become common practice to accompany the taranta by means of a transposition on the second fret of the guitar, starting with a modal F sharp chord and followed by variations of the Andalusian cadenza over the chords B minor , A major , G major and F sharp Major . In the vocal part, the chords in the Taranta consist of the tonic in D major , the dominant in A major and the subdominant in G major.

Verses

The verses correspond to those of a fandango made up of six parts. Her themes are the love and life of miners, everyday life and sometimes social protest.

variants

There are numerous variants of the taranta, among others

  • the simpler Media Taranta ,
  • the happy and quick tarantilla ,
  • the masculine, profound Taranto , in contrast to the Taranta with a fixed two-person rhythm similar to that of the tango ,
  • the Taranta artística from La Unión, according to other sources from Linares ,
  • the Taranta grande in the style of the Malagueña by Enrique el Mellizo ,
  • the taranta minera ,
  • the Taranta levantica ,
  • the Taranta cartagenera .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Miguel Ortiz: Taranta. In: Flamencoviejo.com. March 15, 2010, accessed January 2, 2018 (Spanish).
  2. ↑ a b Ángel Álvarez Caballero: El cante flamenco . Alianza Editorial, Madrid 2004, ISBN 978-84-206-4325-0 , p. 164 .
  3. ↑ Ángel Álvarez Caballero: El cante flamenco . S. 149 .
  4. ↑ a b c Faustino Núñez: Tarantas. In: Flamencopolis. 2011, Retrieved January 2, 2018 (Spanish).