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Not Morna... edit
The group in the photo is certainly not performing a morna.
Composer of sodade edit
It was recently proved in court that Amândio Cabral is not the composer of sodade. TenIslands 12:01, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
Ehimology edit
Most likely "morna" is not coming from "to mourn" but from the portuguese word 'morna', which means something close to a comfortable temperature.
Harmony edit
From the article: "In its most traditional form, the morna obeys to a cycle of fifths. The harmonic progression starts in a chord (the tonic) of a certain tonality, the second chord is the lower fifth (the subdominant), the third chord is the same as the first and the fourth chord is the upper fifth (the dominant seventh)."
That's not "a cycle of fifths". A cycle of fifths would be, for instance, I-IV-bVII-bIII-VI-II-V-I or I-V-II-VI-III-VII-#IV-I. See the article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circle_of_fifths . The harmonies described above, (tonic, subdominant and dominant) are what is referred to as the primary chords/harmonies of a given key. 62.238.249.71 (talk) 17:34, 15 July 2013 (UTC)