Flamenco on ukulele

Flamenco on ukulele: the strumming pattern “rumba flamenca”, in 4/4 and the progression Andalusian cadence (i–bVII–bVI–V), each with audio on its own page. 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.

There's a harmonic color that instantly evokes southern Spain: the dramatic intensity of flamenco, a music of clapping, song and dance charged with emotion. Here you'll study the Andalusian cadence — which simply means the descending four-chord sequence that gives the style its unmistakable flavor.

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My Chords & Scales: Build the genre's repertoire: saving chords and scales to the Notebook is part of Pro · open in Chord and Fret

Updated October 20, 2026