Chord & FretFlamenco · Andalusian cadence — Ukulele
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.
Ukulele
Its fourth string is tuned higher than you would expect, so a chord's notes bunch close together instead of spreading from low to high, giving that clear, chiming sound. Latin styles mostly ask for a fuller, deeper backing than four short strings provide, so the ukulele sits at the edge here: it can lend a light strum to a bolero or rumba, but salsa, tango and flamenco lie outside its comfort zone. Its home chord Am keeps its lowest note on C and rings 3 open strings.
Cadences — Harmony comes to rest here — hear every cadence type and train your ear · see it in Chord & Fret
Save this progression in Chord & FretReharmonize — Want richer substitutions? Reharmonize the progression in a tap · use it in Chord & Fret
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 · try it in Chord & Fret
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