In addition, there is the problem that the corpus in antiquity had less pseudo-Senecan accretions —unlike that of the fifteenth and sixteenth century. The guitar uses a simple chord repertory often rigidly prescribed by the genre in flamenco, however, discords typical of the guitar are used. The texts are in Spanish, Catalan or Gallego, depending on the areas and traditions. The jota is invariably in rapid triple time, with four-bar phrases. Unaccompanied songs have been habitually described as monodic, the result of collections compiled by individuals with preconceived ideas about the simplicity of popular songs.
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