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Dramatic Tension & Passionate Fire
The Andalusian cadence (i - VII - VI - V7). A Phrygian descent by tone, tone and semitone, culminating in a fiery dominant 7th chord (E7) that charges the progression with dramatic tension.
Sultans of Swing (Dire Straits), Hit The Road Jack (Ray Charles).
“Dramatic Tension & Passionate Fire”, a CifraLab proposal
Am, G, F and E7 is the progression CifraLab proposes for a “Dramatic Tension & Passionate Fire” feel.
“Dramatic Tension & Passionate Fire” runs at 96 beats per minute, so each beat lasts 625 milliseconds. If each chord takes one bar of four beats, the full cycle lasts 10.0 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 “Flamenco Passion & Andalusian Cadence”. What changes is the tempo, 96 against 115 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 visita” is a CifraLab melody that plays in chapter 10 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 4 bars and runs at 80 beats per minute.
- Am
- G
- F
- E