Verdiales

Verdiales are a Flamenco music style, and song form belonging to cante chico.

Originating in Almogía, near the Spanish port of Málaga in Andalucía, it is based upon the fandango. For this reason, the verdiales are sometimes known as fandangos de Málaga.

Normally played in the key of E phrygian (key of C major with his fifth sharp) and rarely in A minor, the verdiales have a 12-count rhythm similar to the soleares, and bulerías.

Listen to verdiales(2:18, 502Kb). This example shows some of the more common falsetas you are likely to hear at an informal flamenco performance.

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Palos in flamenco

Cantes a palo seco	debla carceleras trilla saetas martinetes tonás

Cantes related to soleá	soleá bulerías por soleá cantiñas (including alegrías, romeras, caracoles, mirabrás and other cantiñas) bulerías caña polo

Cantes related to seguiriya	seguiriya cabales serrana livianas toná liviana

Cantes derived from fandangos	verdiales jaberas rondeñas fandangos de lucena malagueñas tarantas cartageneras cantes de madrugá minera murciana levantica granaína

Cantes related to tangos	tangos tientos farruca garrotín rumba tanguillos marianas

Cantes de ida y vuelta	guajiras vidalitas milongas and colombianas

Other palos	sevillanas nanas ("lullabies") bambera zambras zorongo campanilleros

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