The romanesca is III VII i V III VII i V i
same chords - different order Monica ----- Original Message ----- From: bill kilpatrick To: Monica Hall Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 5:55 PM Subject: Re: [VIHUELA] Re: la lloroncita ahhh ... i wasn't aware of the difference between la romanesca and la folia. eugene explained la folia to me like this (lower case denoting minor): i/V7/i/VII/III/VII/i/V7i/V7/i/VII/III/VII/i-V7/i ... i'll look it up. do you have access to a translation of the song? "la llorona" (not the diminutive "lloroncita") legend is explained here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Llorona ... the story is weepy - not her ... in some versions she's a monster. thank you - bill Monica Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: But Guardame las vacas is based on the Romanesca not the Folia.... And here is no weepy woman in the lyrics... If anything it is the woman who is doing the seducing... Monica ----- Original Message ----- From: "bill kilpatrick" To: Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 4:16 PM Subject: [VIHUELA] la lloroncita > lately, i've been listening (and bopping around the kitchen) to "laberinto > en la guitarra" with eloy cruz. fabulous stuff. > > on the disc there's a folia called "la lloroncita" that might be an > alternate to the "guardame las vacas" lyrics rob was looking for. > > "la llorona" is a real south of the border weepy about a beautiful native > girl who is seduced by a dashing caballero, has several children by him, > is subsequently dropped and becomes so unhinged by this abandonment that > she throws first her children and then herself into the river to drown. > ... there after, at night, by the river, her spirit can be heard calling > for her murdered children. > > .. perfect stuff for the tragic chord progression of la folia. > > i've asked eloy for help but if anyone has an english translation of this > song would they please let me know. "babelfish" was exactly that ... pure > babel and decidedly fishy. > > http://billkilpatrickhaiku.blogspot.com/ > > --------------------------------- > Sent from Yahoo! - a smarter inbox. > -- > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=billkilpatrick ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sent from Yahoo! - a smarter inbox. --
