This week's theme is the descending chord progression i-VII-VI-V, otherwise known as the Adalusian Cadence, which in itself is a bit of a misnomer as it's usually used as an ostinato rather than a cadence. The Andalusian Cadence comes from flamenco music. In the key of A minor, the chords are
Am - G - F - E7
An historic pop music example is Runaway - Del Shannon - (as an aside, this song has a pretty cool pre-synth keyboard part, played on a Musitron).
Some other examples:
Like a Hurricane - Neil Young
All Along the Watchtower - Bob Dylan
Happy Together - The Turtles
Sultans of Swing - Dire Straits
Your theme this week is i-VII-VI-V
Songs posted in this thread should be:
Original content (samples and such are ok)
Uses the weekly theme as inspiration.. or not!
Submitted by Wednesday before bedtime
Written entirely during this week, between July 20th and July 26th, 2023
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