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Passamezzo antico diego ortiz c 1510 c 1570
The passamezzo antico is a ground bass or chord progression that was popular during the Italian Renaissance and known throughout Europe in the 16th century. The progression is a variant of the double tonic: its major mode variant is known as the passamezzo moderno.
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- Passamezzo antico diego ortiz c 1510 c 1570
- Nova schola labacensis passamezzo antico romanesca
- References
The sequence consists of two phrases as follows: (For an explanation of this notation see Chord progression)
Though usually in the key of G minor, in the key of A minor this gives:
The romanesca is a variant of the passamezzo antico, where the first chord is the III (e.g., a C major chord in A minor). A famous example is "Greensleeves".
The passamezzo antico chord changes are found, knowingly or not, in modern popular music culture: Carrie Underwood's debut album Some Hearts has two examples, "Before He Cheats" (a big U.S. hit in 2006) and "Starts with Goodbye". "Stairway to Heaven" by Led Zeppelin is essentially a variant of the progression.