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n. (plural of cantina English)
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The cantiñas is a group of flamenco palos ( musical forms), originated in the area of Cádiz in Andalusia (although some styles of cantiña have developed in the province of Seville). They share the same compás or rhythmic pattern with the soleá and are usually sung in a lively rhythm (between 120 and 160 beats per minute). They are normally sung in a major mode and have a festive mood.
The usual chord positions for the tonic chord in the guitar are those of E major, C major and, occasionally, A major, the latter usually reserved for solo guitar pieces. The chord progression is normally of the simple tonic-dominant type, although modern guitar players introduce other transitional chords.
The palos classified under this group are:
- Alegrías
- Romeras
- Caracoles
- Mirabrás
- Other cantiñas, including the "cantiñas de Pinini" (or "cantiñas de Utrera), "cantiña del contrabandista", "cantes de las Mirris" or " alegrías de Córdoba".
The main verse has four eight-syllable lines. They frequently also include a small refrain with three five-syllable lines.
Their popularity increased at the time of the flamenco cafés cantante that became the centre of professional flamenco performances from the mid 19th century to the 1920s. Originally, this songs were intended as support for dance.
Reference recordings for this palos are those by Chano Lobato, Aurelio Sellé, Manolo Vargas and La Perla de Cádiz for the Cádiz styles; Bernarda de Utrera and Fernanda de Utrera for the Pinini styles; Curro de Utrera for the "alegrías de Córdoba" or Antonio Chacón for the "caracoles". La Niña de los Peines is also an important reference for all these styles. Some modern singers who have recorded excellent versions of this styles are Camarón de la Isla, Carmen Linares or Mayte Martín.
Usage examples of "cantinas".
Halperin found one of the little curbside cantinas and asked for mescal.
Sivrak had said those words in a hundred other cantinas on a dozen other worlds, but this time he meant them.
A few scattered houses and two cantinas still showed light, and there was another light at the Spanish fort that once guarded the harbor.
Past the taco stands, past the cantinas, past a little brawl of drunken boys, past the church, on whose steps the dancer in the phallic bat mask was performing, juggling pale green fruits and now and then batting one out into the night with the phallus that jutted from his chin.
I think he and his boys steal a bunch of money and ride down to Old Mexico where they whoop it up for a couple of months in the cantinas with the pretty young senoritas.
The evening streets are full of pretty girls and slick-haired men in business suits, the opulent shops that flank the trolleys on Avenida Peirola are full of silver and alpaca and the soft rustle of money changing hands, and the all night cantinas still sound as if their frenzied pisco-swilling patrons had abandoned all hope of ever seeing another dawn.
All she needed were two peaceful weeks taking boring photos of town squares and cantinas, and she'd be ready to go back into the fray.