Harmonizing Flamenco from the guitar Vol. 1

Harmonizing Flamenco from the guitar Vol. 1

Claude Worms

Standard notation and Tablature

Book: 208 pages

Languages: Spanish, English, French

This book is an aim to all musicians who want to learn about flamenco harmony through the flamenco instrument par excellence, the guitar. This book analyses 166 falsetas (variations) from numerous eras, comprising a wide range of 'palos' - soleá, tangos, bulerías, siguiriyas, fandangos and more - from the most emblematic guitarists in the history of flamenco. It is not only a vital tool for understanding and transcribing the music of the great maestros of the genre but also provides clear, comprehensible explanations of flamenco composition.

INTRODUCTION (Annotation symbols used in chords and diagrams, Transported tones in the flamenco mode, Modulations)

PART ONE: FLAMENCO E 'Por arriba' (The degrees of the flamenco mode and their harmonization, Flamenco cadence, Extension of the first degree chords in flamenco mode, E7(b9) chords, sequence II - I; superimposing the chords of the first two degrees, Main sequences in the chords of flamenco cadence, Substitute chords, Secondary dominants, Modulations, Falsetas created in the harmonic sequences described above, Summary

PART TWO: THE FLAMENCO A 'Por medio' (The degrees of flamenco A mode and their harmonization, Extension of the chords of the first two degrees of the mode, Flamenco cadence, Chord of A7(b9); sequences II - I; superimposition of the chords of the first two degrees, Main sequences in the chords of the flamenco cadence, Substitute chords, Secondary dominants, Modulations E - A - D - G - B flat - D tuning, Summary)

APPENDIX (Flamenco E mode, Flamenco A mode)