Flamenco

The origins of the dramatic musical form so closely associated with Spain are shrouded in mystery. One strand was brought by the Arabs and Berbers (otherwise known as Moors), who arrived in Andalucia in southern Spain via north Africa, beginning in the 8th century a.d. Moorish kingdoms were gradually brought under Christian control over the next six centuries, but the unique Moorish Phrygian mode (which can be played on the white notes of the piano from E to E),...