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Seguiriyas
Cabales, livianas y serranas The seguiriya is the canto jondo par excellence, one of its fundamental pillars. It is the song of suffering, of sorrow and crying. Although to some extent it comes from the tonas, it is a song that has more alternation in its versification, which gives it a judgemental and pathetic air at the same time. The seguiriyas were long called playeras, a popular alteration of the word plañidera. And that in short is the seguiriya, a crying song, a dislontated and pathetic cry, whose lyrics usually refer to the great themes of Andalusian fatalism, death, pain, or destiny. The best guideline that will suggest that we are facing a song by seguiriyas is the compass, and the melody supported by an extensive range of complaints, and successive "ayes". Aaayyy aaaayyy Because of you, I see myself Death wound For more sorrows I look hated From all my people. Cabals The genus called cabal is one of the stylistic variants of the seguiriyas and is usually called seguiriya cambiá, a term probably referring to the change of tonality (modal by tonal) that differentiates the cabales from the rest of the seguiriyas. In the world of flamenco, the one who is interpreted with knowledge and seriousness is called cante cabal. There are several theories about its authorship, some flamenco scientists attribute them to the singer El Fillo who made a type of seguiriya that consisted of short seguiriya, another long one and the change, others to the singer María Borrico, who possibly created the seguiriya cambiá, considered by some authors as a genre of transition between the old and new styles of the seguiriya, although the most contrasted theory raises the hypothesis that it would be the Sevillian singer Silverio Franconetti, who by taking the seguiriyas to America, brings in 1864 the novelty of the cabales, influenced by the tones used by the Creoles. Open the earth That I don't want to live That to live as I was living I'd rather die Light The light is another of the Flemish genres derived from the seguiriya. Its name derives from light, it seems that due to the lower dramatic force that the interpretation of this song needs in relation to other types of seguiriyas, turning it into a guide song, short and simple, into a preparation song. It is often stated that the light is the intermediate step between the seguiriya and the serrana. According to Antonio Mairena, the light flamenco is a song by seguiriyas that is sung corridas (followed) or romanced, short songs that serve as a prelude to the seguiriya itself. The light became a song of intonation and preparation as the beginning of the performances, and then singing for other styles of greater difficulty, which were executed later. Something characteristic of the light is that it is danced with the same steps as the mountain, although the dance does not usually begin until the singer interprets it. His melodic line is shared by the peasant songs of the Guadalquivir Valley. With letters that tell stories of the countryside and roads, just like the mountains. Here is an example "On the bank of a river I'm going alone, And I increase the current With what I cry. Mountains It is absolutely related to the seguiriya, since it follows its same rhythmic structure, it is a difficult singing that requires faculties and a harmonious voice, which requires a great effort of the interpreter, since it must modulate a lot with highs and lows, and lengthen the thirds. It is a couplet of four even rhyming verses, the first and the third heptasyllables and the second and fourth pentasyllables The serrana is a song that alludes to the mountains of Ronda and Sierra Morena. Listening to a song by serranas takes us back to the XVIII-XIX, and introduces us to a world of smugglers and bandits, to the occupation of the French, to the assault of stagecoaches. Showing a bitter scenario of faca and arquebus, riders on horseback, or sales on the way. In this romantic vision, a song through the mountains brings us airs and lyrics of heartbreak, bucolic scenes, smuggling and persecutions of men who suffer harassment, and injustice, an environment where Prosper Mérimée is inspired, for his famous novel "CARMEN" and Georges Bizet in his homonymous opera. Also in the literary work "Don Álvaro, o la fuerza del sino" written by the Cordoba Duque de Rivas, back in 1835, in a passage of it, a gypsy is asked to sing a mountain range and some corraleras. The Cadiz town of Prado del Rey, has been well-held every year, since 1975, the National Singing Competition for Serranas. He's a mountain wine That Luis de Vargas pays for it, The one who helps the poor And the rich are devastated.