Sevillanas
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Sevillanas
![Women in traditional Sevillanas dance dresses walking down a crowded cobblestone street.](/assets/img/palos/sevillanas/hero-sevillanas.jpg)
Sevillanas is an energetic, popular song and dance form often performed at social gatherings, parties, fairs, and festivals.
Metronomes
Sevillanas
![Still frame of a flamenco metronome](/assets/img/metronomes/sevillanas/sevillanas.jpg)
This interactive metronome for a flamenco Sevillanas, played with cajon and palmas, marks the structure and parts of the Sevillanas to help keep you in time.
Tab
Sevillana in A Major
![Video preview image of flamenco guitar player](/assets/img/tab/a-major-sevillana/hero-a-major-sevillana.jpg)
Guitar tab and video demonstration for a simple flamenco sevillana in A major. Play this to accompany dancers or as a solo instrumental piece.
A Minor Sevillana
![Video preview image of flamenco guitar player](/assets/img/tab/a-minor-sevillana/hero-a-minor-sevillana.jpg)
Guitar tab and video for a minor key flamenco sevillana with extended eighth note picado passages. Great for accompanying dancers or as a solo piece.
A Phrygian Sevillana
![Video preview image of flamenco guitar player](/assets/img/tab/a-phrygian-sevillana/hero-a-phrygian-sevillana.jpg)
This traditional phrygian key sevillana creates the exotic, eastern music feel that is typically associated with more "serious" flamenco palos. Find tab and video here.
C Major Alzapua Sevillana
![Video preview image of flamenco guitar player](/assets/img/tab/c-major-alzapua-sevillana/hero-c-major-alzapua-sevillana.jpg)
Guitar tab and video for a major key flamenco sevillana with extended alzapua (thumb stroke) passages and embellished rasgueado passages.
C Major Ligado Sevillana
![Video preview image of flamenco guitar player](/assets/img/tab/c-major-ligado-sevillana/hero-c-major-ligado-sevillana.jpg)
Guitar tab and video for a major key flamenco sevillana with ligado alzapua (thumb stroke) tercio passages and an unique chord resolution cadence.
E Minor Pedal Point Sevillana
![Video preview image of flamenco guitar player](/assets/img/tab/e-minor-pedal-point-sevillana/hero-e-minor-pedal-point-sevillana.jpg)
Guitar tab and video for a dramatic and energetic minor key flamenco sevillana based on the playing of Pedro Soler. Great for accompanying dancers or as a solo piece.
E Minor Somber Sevillana
![Video preview image of flamenco guitar player](/assets/img/tab/e-minor-somber-sevillana/hero-e-minor-somber-sevillana.jpg)
A minor key flamenco sevillana based on the playing of Pedro Soler. This soulful piece highlights the somber side of what is usually a very light-hearted song form.
E Phrygian Sevillana
![Video preview image of flamenco guitar player](/assets/img/tab/e-phrygian-sevillana/hero-e-phrygian-sevillana.jpg)
A dramatic phrygian mode sevillana with the melody voiced on the bass strings, offering a great illustration of problem solving for challenging left hand fingerings.
Sevillana Accompaniment
![Dancers performing sevillana at a dance class recital.](/assets/img/tab/sevillana-accompaniment/hero-sevillana-accompaniment.jpg)
Sevillana is a form many dancers begin with and is a great place to start learning to accompany. Learn the structure and parts of Sevillana accompaniment here.