Songs that use the Andalusian Cadence

[@adelemami1133]

A few hours ago I searched in youtube for "andalusian cadence david bennett" to know if david ever uploaded a video specially for this chord progression and now it's been uploaded. I wish I wanted something else from God.😀

[@absolutnykokot1133]

If you watched his last video, he actually talked about making this video.

[@neilmorgan6807]

Can you send me your choice of lottery numbers please?

[@DavidBennettPiano]

😁😁

[@adelemami1133]

​@@absolutnykokot1133 Yes, in my search results there were two of his videos with a chapter called andalusian cadence and one of them was from a few days ago which is the video you're talking about but I didn't think it's gonna be this soon.😄

[@NearLife4life]

Maybe you're not out of luck. You should get yourself a lottery scratcher and scratch it if you're under a jurisdiction on this planet that allows such fun!

[@Thebigkeoghowski]

The first song that came to mind after you played the piano example was "Hit The Road Jack." I'm glad you included it.

[@thealextrifier]

That’s what I said!!!

[@Jydmd]

Me too!

[@roweflonal]

I mean, that's the best example. That's where this chord progression is the most obvious

[@thehappooz5975]

I thought that too first thing that popped to mind

[@skynomes]

First thing to my mind was the intro to James Bond theme

[@bernhardkrickl3567]

In my mind, "Hit the Road, Jack" is the quintessential song using that chord progression. Probably, because the chord changes come so fast and they are so clearly defining the mood of the song. Many of the songs you mentioned I know well, but I never noticed they have those chords. It doesn't stick out so much.

[@carbonmonoxide5052]

Hotel California’s verses are an expanded version of the Andalusian Cadence (expanded with secondary dominants and a iv before the final V), and (at least in baroque music) there is a version that moves chromatically between bass notes.

[@toni90227]

Muse enjoyer from Andalusia here! Great video!

[@ShellSmashed]

I AM UN CHIEN ANDALUSIAN

[@Breakstuff5050]

Without looking it up, i want to say "while my guitar gently weeps" is this, and i was totally expecting a beatles reference somewhere lol. Its rare to not get a beatles reference in these videos. Im obsessed with your videos David! Amazing work, you are the king!

[@Bacopa68]

No Radiohead either. Plenty of Muse though.

[@DavidBennettPiano]

Thank you! Afraid no Beatles in this video... "While my guitar" has a similar chord progression but not the same.

[@Dekoherence-ii8pw]

@@DavidBennettPiano There might be an AOLEAN CADENCE though ;-) (If you know, you know...).

[@DavidBennettPiano]

@@Dekoherence-ii8pw 😉

[@NBrixH]

@@Dekoherence-ii8pw Aeolian btw

[@leemaniscalco6103]

Many thanks for highlighting the Andalusian cadence. I have a book of old Spanish folk songs full of the progression. For me it has an strong emotional impact and ends in a very satisfying way - Phrygian? I can add three more songs: 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover, One More Cup of Coffee and Stray Cat Strut.

[@travisyee7278]

They're similar tonally with that b2-1 movement but Phrygian is built off of a minor chord, not major. The final chord of the progression is a major V leading to minor i which is a substitution that suggests harmonic minor. If you look at the scale itself there are two major triads a half-step apart.

[@cansarpkaya8388]

One More Cup of Coffee is a classic example of this progression. Such a lovely tune.

[@happyron]

The Andalusian Cadence is one of the greatest Cadence's of them all

[@franc5148]

8:55 me he emocionado cuando ha salido Lola Flores🥺🥺🥺 thank you David❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹

[@JMaxfield09]

Greensleeves (What Child Is This?), Toccata & Fugue in D minor by J.S. Bach and "The Cat Came Back" by Harry S. Miller are all well-known users of Andalusian progression (I like to think that "Hit the Road Jack" was influenced by the cat song). As for pop songs, let me lay on you a bunch: "I'll Be Back (Again)" by the Beatles, "Feelin' Good" by Nina Simone, "Eclipse" by Pink Floyd, "Another Star" by Stevie Wonder, "Roxanne" by the Police, "Smooth Criminal" by Michael Jackson, "Sunny Came Home" by Shawn Colvin, "Moonage Daydream" (outro) by David Bowie, "Basketball Jones" by Cheech & Chong, "Maneater" by Hall & Oates, "Twilight Zone" by Golden Earring, "Bye Bye Bye" by NSYNC & "Dumbledore's Farewell" from Harry Potter & Half Blood Prince.

[@Tokechan]

Canadian 80s and 90s kids all grew up with the Fred Penner version of "The Cat Came Back", there was even an NFB animation for it (National Film Board of Canada, government sponsored film-making) :p It's pretty ubiquitous here.

[@petertrudelljr]

I've always loved this chord progression without even knowing about it... I love all these songs!

[@M34tboss]

Seeing the photo of Muse I thought it was from them doing the progression of their cover of Feeling Good, also on Origin of Symmetry, but you showed me they certainly love that chord change in many songs. It also pointed out to me that I had used it in a song I wrote years ago, deliberately trying to have a Spanish feel to it, and now I see it’s a progression every songwriter goes to at some point

[@elsielsielsielsielsielsi]

I friggin love this channel

[@BeatlesCentricUniverse]

Why don't you marry it😂

[@DavidBennettPiano]

Thank you 😊

[@zhivko4398]

Another great example is Shape Of My Heart By Sting and Dominic Miller.

[@RileyMcGreevy]

Over winter break I wrote a piece for oboe and piano called Iberian Nights. I uses the Andalusian cadence a a number of times. For the B section I use the la folia which he's talked about in a different video.

[@AliBros]

For Muse there’s also Resistance and Reapers. They love this cadence!

[@Atlas65]

New Born as well. Isn't it? The Chorus

[@GamerAse]

Very common progression in western music. "One More Cup of Coffee" by Bob Dylan is the one that usually comes to mind.

[@Atlas65]

Yes and so many Iron Maiden songs as well

[@elliottcovert3796]

My favorite chord progression! And you did a fine job of doing it justice, introducing a few concepts which were new to me along the way. As usual, you made these concepts easy to digest and apply. Apparently the AC was the most popular chord progression in Europe in the 1500s and 1600s. It was the Late Middle Ages answer to the Axis of Awesome chords today. It’s not as common today but it’s never really gone out of fashion. Keep up the excellent work David, you are the best music theory teacher on KZbin!

[@DavidBennettPiano]

Thank you!

[@JalenJaguar]

understanding the inner workings of chord progressions like this; is like learning character archetypes as an author to best write the story you want to tell

[@loganthecoolcatdude4183]

huh never thought of it like that

[@tedl7538]

So detailed, self-assured and clear...your videos are constantly becoming more and more refined like a fine bottle of cellared Bordeaux🍷

[@spartacusjonesmusic]

Good presentation. My favorite chord progression. There's so much you can do with it.

[@conallcache]

Dude, your videos are genuinely crazy. I have you to thank for my love for music theory

[@DavidBennettPiano]

Glad you like them!

[@AJ-wh1tw]

When I’m jamming especially with new people, it has been my go to exercise to do an extended improvisation over the Andalusian cadence. It’s such an easy progression to allow for really expressive melodies. It’s particularly fun for some big mash up medleys (it’s common for us to run through Stairway to Heaven, All Along the Watchtower, and One more Cup of Coffee with a few other options thrown in depending on how playful we want to get). Great video as always, thanks again!

[@RjClaridad1234]

My favorite chord progressions you’re the best david bennett I’m a fan of all chord progressions

[@DavidBennettPiano]

Thanks!

[@jeffteza8644]

Another great video that clarified things for me, keep up the good work David.

[@DavidBennettPiano]

Thanks, will do!

[@ric8248]

What l love about flamenco is the use of palmeros, three guys taking turns to clap in rapid succession to give the illusion of impossibly fast clapping.

[@tymime]

Surprised you didn't mention "Walk Don't Run" by The Ventures, that's the first that comes to my mind

[@ModestForce]

"A Hazy Shade of Winter by Simon & GarFUNKel..." lol Love your channel. Keep it up

[@Bacopa68]

What about the Stray Cat Strut.

[@pensivepenguin3000]

You’re right. How was it overlooked? It’s one of those textbook examples, right up there with “Hit The Road, Jack”

[@chrishelbling3879]

So admire your musicology, that you know current pop songs & also relics.

[@DavidBennettPiano]

Thank you 😊

[@ramifendri1021]

Thank you for covering this subject ! Andalusian Cadence is one of my favorite topic in music theory ( and perhaps the only chord progression that I know ) and I often demonstrate to my friends how the same chord progression can give different "feels" when played with different rythms, I usually play Hit the Road Jack, Citzen Erased, Innuendo etc... PS : I also recommend another song that uses the Andalusian cadence : Resistance by Muse, and we might even consider Smooth Criminal by mj.

[@retread1083]

You kept me wondering why it had that name for nine minutes but you did answer my question.

[@jamarwashington6419]

Never connected these songs via that chord progression. Very interesting to finally recognize it. The chords makes me think of the classical piece Pavane op. 50.

[@TheJonHeese]

The song 25 or 6 to 4 by Chicago has an Andalusian cadence as well, albeit with a quick F# (#VI) between the VII and VI chords.

[@EisensteinPrime]

My guitar teacher taught me about this. Good to have a refresher on it.

[@Atlas65]

By the way, I was surprised you didn't mention Iron Maiden. They are the kings of the Andalusian cadence.

[@AndrewsVideoEssays-yl3pb]

One of my favorites

[@matrock0888]

Yeah really "spanish"

[@hacerclic1020]

California Dreamin' by The Mamas & the Papas has a slightly hidden Andalusian Cadence: Am G F G Esus4 E

MY FAVORITE CHORD PROGRESSION THANKS TOURE THE BEST

[@DavidBennettPiano]

Thanks!!

[@ChrisHopkinsBass]

John Barry’s theme music during the intro sequence for On Her Majesty’s Secret Service is the Andalusian sequence beginning on Fm (I’m writing this at the 7:28 mark)

[@5neakAttak]

David PLEASE do a video on one of my favorite chord progressions: i-bVI -iv -V I love it bcuz it sounds so sinister.

[@5neakAttak]

For anyone reading this, what I like to do when using this progression is split the iv chord into iv7sus4→iv7. It makes the transition into the V7 chord SOOOO much more serious. Thank me later

[@DavidBennettPiano]

Interesting idea!! Have you got any song examples that use that chord progression to start me off?

[@5neakAttak]

@@DavidBennettPiano Not really atm, the only one I can think of off the top of my head is Rivals by Creo. It doesn't have singing tho however it's a great example of how this progression sounds (his music is free 2 use btw) I'll find some more.

[@5neakAttak]

@@DavidBennettPiano Oh yeah, and also these songs: Arctic Monkeys - Do I Wanna Know P!ATD - The Ballad of Mona Lisa ( the beginning )

[@Antimonuu]

​@@5neakAttakCREO MENTIONED

[@Funtime_Freddy_60]

What about the chorus section in Led Zeppelin's "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You"? It follows the same cadence but there's an additional chord added to it. Instead of how it's intended to be written |i |VII |VI |V |, the third bar of the cadence plays a sharp sixth and the VI and V play for half in the last bar. It's written as |i |VII |VI# |VI V| or |Am |G |F# |F E|

[@SilencePlains]

Another pretty popular song that use this chord progression its "Ice Cap Zone" wich later will have pretty similarites with "Hard Times" a unrealesed song by "the Jetzons" Brad Buxer band, in Ice Cap also uses i - VII - VI - v progression

[@ceilingfan7925]

this is my favorite chord progression 😄

[@th.nd.r]

Wonderful video as always! If I’m not mistaken, “The Resistance” by Muse also uses the Andalusian cadence! Also, in the caption, you timestamp the “flamenco” section as starting at the non-time 8:90, which caused the video not to document it as a chapter.

[@good2epic]

Wade in the Water is the song I think of with this progression. Eva Cassidy's recording is so good!

[@Tokechan]

Canadian 80s and 90s kids only heard one thing when you played this progression quickly…

[@fau8908]

"Sixteen Tons" by Merle Travis, more known nowadays from Tennessee Ernie Ford's version, is also based on Andalusian Cadence.

[@juansolis4796]

No "love song" from the cure?.

[@sasa1203]

I was playing Sultans of Swing 20 minutes ago 😊

[@trentonmckinnon]

I learned music with Roman numerals. I was confused with this episode until 11 minutes in.. thank you for that explanation. I thought my world was breaking! I watch your videos all the time. You're the best music theory teacher on KZbin imo! 🦸

[@pujllay]

Great video. I always paid attention to songs that use this progression. I would add to the list "hasta siempre comandante" by Carlos Puebla.

[@snookerwither9955]

Muse also use the same chord progression (in the same key as the 3 songs you mentioned!) in their song Resistance

[@thealextrifier]

When you yourself first played that chord the first song I thought of was Ray Charles’s Hit the Road Jack and surely enough you showed it later in the video 😃 Next you should do a video about the plagal cascade. I just realized I own a bunch of songs that use that. Not just Wonderwall and Boulevard of Broken Dreams but also Gone Away by the Offspring. 😮😃

[@iammaxhailme]

Innuendo is the first guitar solo I ever learned! Love the feel.

[@bettyswunghole3310]

The piano bit you did at the beginning sound just like the theme to "On Her Majesty's Secret Service".

[@salute4392]

I've always called this the "Gethsemane chord progression" because the first time I ever noticed it was in the song Gethsemane from Jesus Christ Superstar. Also a catchy name 🤤

[@michaelsheard4522]

That's the example I immediately think of, too.

[@feliciab2]

This is the one that immediately came to mind when he was introducing it at the beginning. I even began singing along😄

[@jeanette8943]

turns out i really like the andalusiam=n cadence, even when i never knew what it was. very cool video

[@hoagy_ytfc]

Also, Blank Generation by Richard Hell and the Voidoids

[@ericgelders]

Apart from playing the piano wonderfully, David runs one of those music channels that properly explains music theory in an interesting way for music lovers who understand some basics of music theory, but aren't musicians (like myself) 😃. Love listening and always learn something new! Rick Beato's channel has that quality too. Hearing all those songs one after another, one could make a Big Andalusian Mix 😃

[@Foxx-d6q]

You know, when I heard you mention Muse, I was expecting you to mention Resistance, which also uses this progression. Also, for the progression with the minor v, take a look at the music for Ice Cap Zone from Sonic 3! Which goes: | Cm | Bb | Ab | Gm | in the very beginning.

[@alnitaka]

You exhibit but don't mention the harmonic minor scale and the Phrygian dominant scale.

[@fromchomleystreet]

He mentioned minor harmonic, saying that the Andalusian chord progression mixes natural minor and harmonic minor.

[@eagles_s]

First one that came to me was Genie in A Bottle. I thought nahhh...

[@panosmosproductions3230]

Yeah. I created an Iberian Union playlist on Spotify. And 4 of the songs I included do use the Andalusian Cadence. Of those 4, 3 conceptualize it in the minor key [Senorita, & Oasis by Guitarra Azul, and Noches en Andalucía by El Tano Gabarri], and one conceptualizes it in Phrygian [Pregon Conastero (Bulerias del Piliya) by Rocío Jurado]. And that last one is the second of only 2 songs in that specific playlist that uses the Phrygian/Phrygian Dominant Scales. All the others that aren’t in the major key, are in the minor key. And there are only 3 major key songs throughout this playlist to begin with.

[@MatusFinchus]

I think this is probably the most common chord progression I heard growing up (80's / 90's UK).

[@AderNEW]

NGL I was a little bit worried when at the beginning you didn't mention Sultans of Swing

[@lucasmattos4056]

Here in Brazil a new top 1 spotify song uses the andalusian cadence, its name is "descer pra bc".

[@davidpiper5638]

11:24 A great example of why you should always use System 2. Nothing in the chord symbols indicates Phrygian, and if we assume I is the tonic, then II should be F# major (which is not in the key of E major anyway).

[@jacksonsay37]

This progression was also used in the song “Surface Pressure” from Encanto.

[@avijatsinharoy8944]

Opening riff from Walk Don't Run by the ventures

[@ThrockmortonJGildersleeve]

👍was just going to say ! Fun song to learn on guitar 😊

[@avijatsinharoy8944]

@ThrockmortonJGildersleeve It was one of the first songs I learnt,so I remember

[@d.c.8828]

The most iconic, imo ! 🎸 🎶 🏄

[@boomerbear7596]

My defining example of this cadence. It works well musically too as it is a walk down! Word painting in an instrumental.

[@philparker97]

One of the first guitar solos I learnt on electric guitar - many years ago!

[@charlescuringa7051]

FLAMENCO! 💃🏻🔥🔥🇪🇸👍🏼

[@AndrewKnight-h8o]

When you played innuendo, my odd time signature senses activated. I think that's in 5/4, right?

[@ИванРозмаинский]

Thank you for this video. Best wishes!

[@DavidBennettPiano]

Thank you!

[@GethinColes]

For me its the john barry "On her majesty's secret service" progression. Dung dinger dung dung, dung dinger dung dung...

[@Yvory]

I love that I used it a lot, I know that it works, but never wondered why. Like I get the V I relation but just stepping going from the I to the V seemed obvious. Also I love how it's called andalusion because I always connected it to spanish music.

[@CarlSong]

On the topic of Roman numerals, I actually prefer a third system where the numerals are fixed to the major scale degrees. It helps me as a guitar player because it's much easier to associate with chord shapes. To me, the Andalusian cadence would be vi-V-IV-III, with the understanding that vi is the tonic in aeolian, and III is the tonic in phrygian.

[@ShrubScotland]

I feel like you could do a whole video about power chords and how they often imply major or minor tonality, or leave it vague and unclear.

[@aagevaksdal]

Nice one! How about Bach? A very clear Andalucian cadence in the Toccata and Fugue in d minor. Also some very obviuous spanish guitar riffs there, but I have never seen that being adressed in any music history discussions. :)

[@ThisGuyDude]

Awesome! United colours of Bennet on disparate music sources. Muh fave man!

[@WitchLuna7]

Clavar La Espada from the Bleach anime it's a great textbook example of the progression.

[@j.s.m.5351]

Very surprised you didn't include "I'll Be Back" by your favourite Fab Four.

[@KusacUK]

Muse not the only ones to use Man with a Harmonica as an intro - first track on Dawnrazor by Fields of the Nephilim is Intro (The Harmonica Man).

[@fromchomleystreet]

9:53 Conceptualizing the “V” chord in the Andalusian cadence as, instead, the tonic chord can’t place us “in the Phrygian mode”, as you suggest here, because doing so would put us in a major rather than minor key, and Phrygian is a Minor mode. Regardless of which of its four chords you conceive of as the tonic, the Andalusian cadence can never truly conform to any one mode of the diatonic scale (nor to any mode of any other heptatonic scale for that matter, such as harmonic minor), because it requires eight distinct notes to give it its distinct character, rather than seven, and is therefore fundamentally chromatic.

[@sammelis6777]

Epitaph by King Crimson is the first song i think when I hear this progression

[@TheMisterGriswold]

Toussaint L'Overture by Santana.

[@Wind-nj5xz]

3:49 Decalius - Nothing to Lose/Anti-Life

[@AlmqvistRasmus]

Wait.. already 6 minutes in and no Radiohead example 😱

[@hdysicjegk]

It’s interesting how they all descend down from the i, are there examples that ascend to the 7,6,5 in the same octave as the tonic?

[@andersjjensen]

So the Andalusian Cadence is a minor cadence that isn't minor and isn't a cadence. Got it! Music theory is smokingly easy! :P

[@derby2510]

If there is a cadence that I go mad for, it's the Andalusian cadence.

[@killis_2478]

love this cadence and loved the video!!

[@DavidBennettPiano]

Thanks!

[@DmitryIsc199]

Always loved this one! now I know how its called

[@AntechamberAE]

11:10 Please just use Option 1. Option 2 is just more symbols and more confusion.

[@andyinnes7270]

Ha! I was just going to make the same comment!

[@minthit3560]

Great video. Andalusian Candence is my favourite chord progression. You didnt mention Otherside by Lena Raine from Minecraft. The second part of the song uses a somewhat similar version of Andalusian Cadence. Instead of going Am G F E it goes Am F G E. I personall like to call it, the Minecraft Candence Edit ; you also didnt mention 55 Days At Peking, which uses the Andalusian Cadence.

[@AllanDoane]

Walk Don’t Run by the Ventures

[@squashfan9526]

David, I'm pretty sure in a previous video you mentioned that in using Roman numerals for the chords in a minor key, you prefer referencing the major scale. So the Andalusian cadence should be: i bVII bVI V, yes?

[@vraisairs9201]

Does Diamonds and Rust do this?

[@forformgamer]

Big part of this video is the reminder that Muse used to kick ass, before ever live show started to sound like they are under water...

[@JohnSpo]

Muse also use it on the song Resistance