Chord & FretFlamenco · Andalusian cadence — Guitar
What is the Flamenco · Andalusian cadence progression?
The Flamenco · Andalusian cadence progression is Am → G → F → E (i – bVII – bVI – V), in the key of A. Read as harmonic function it moves tonic → dominant → subdominant → dominant, arriving home on a cadence. Play one chord per bar and let it loop.
Four chords, a whole story: Am (i, home) → G (bVII, time to come back) → F (bVI, the stroll) → E (V, time to come back). Hit play. First pass, just listen. Second pass, follow with your finger on the names — and notice that by the second-to-last chord, your body already knows Am — home — is coming.
Guitar
Its six strings spread across a wide neck, so each chord has room to ring, and one player can be the rhythm and the harmony at the same time. The guitar is right at home in bolero, flamenco and rumba; in salsa and tango it plays a smaller part, since those lean on piano, brass or the accordion-like bandoneón. Its home chord Am keeps its lowest note on A and rings 2 open strings.
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Learn each chord of the trip
This is one shape of Am. In Chord & Fret, you open every position of all 4 chords in this progression along the neck — on any instrument, and hear each one. Open in Chord & Fret →
Metronome — Drill this change in time, with tap tempo and subdivisions · see it in Chord & Fret
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