Chord Progressions by Emotion & Atmosphere
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Flamenco Passion & Andalusian Cadence
The Phrygian descent of Iberian and Mediterranean folk (i - ♭VII - ♭VI - V7 in A minor: Am - G - F - E7). Resolving to a dominant E7 gives it Spanish fire and emotional depth.
“Flamenco Passion & Andalusian Cadence”, a CifraLab proposal
Am, G, F and E7 is the progression CifraLab proposes for a “Flamenco Passion & Andalusian Cadence” feel.
“Flamenco Passion & Andalusian Cadence” runs at 115 beats per minute, so each beat lasts 522 milliseconds. If each chord takes one bar of four beats, the full cycle lasts 8.3 seconds. Read in A minor, its degrees are i, ♭VII, ♭VI and V7. Another reading takes E as the centre. In Am you hear A, C and E. G holds G, B and D. In F you hear F, A and C. E7 holds E, G#, B and D.
Am rings with two strings open and three fretted positions, leaving string 6 unplayed. G presses three positions and leaves three strings open. F takes a barre at fret 1. E7 presses two positions and leaves four strings open.
It uses the same chords in the same order as “Dramatic Tension & Passionate Fire”. What changes is the tempo, 115 against 96 beats per minute, and the name CifraLab proposes for each one. Am and G have no notes in common. From G to F, every note changes. F and E7 have no notes in common.
Hear it in a CifraLab melody
“Una entrada, por favor” is a CifraLab melody that plays in chapter 11 of the story. It has the same cycle in the same key, Am, G, F and E. The melody plays those chords as plain triads, with no seventh. It has 5 bars and runs at 132 beats per minute.
- Am
- G
- F
- E
- E