España Cañí
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España Cañí is a famous instrumental
Instrumental
An instrumental is a musical composition or recording without lyrics or singing, although it might include some non-articulate vocal input; the music is primarily or exclusively produced by musical instruments....

 Spanish piece of pasodoble
Pasodoble
Pasodoble is a typical dance from Spain march-like musical style as well as the corresponding dance style danced by a couple. It is the type of music typically played in bullfights during the bullfighters' entrance to the ring or during the passes just before the kill...

 music
Music
Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...

 by Pascual Marquina Narro (1873-1948). The song was written around 1925. It is also known as the Spanish Gypsy Dance.

Its main refrain (eight bars of arpeggiated
Arpeggio
An arpeggio is a musical technique where notes in a chord are played or sung in sequence, one after the other, rather than ringing out simultaneously...

 chord
Chord (music)
A chord in music is any harmonic set of two–three or more notes that is heard as if sounding simultaneously. These need not actually be played together: arpeggios and broken chords may for many practical and theoretical purposes be understood as chords...

s that go from E major to F major (with added 4 instead of 5) to G major and back) is arguably the best known snippet of Spanish music ever, and is popular worldwide.

Besides its traditional use as background music in bullfights
Bullfighting
Bullfighting is a traditional spectacle of Spain, Portugal, southern France and some Latin American countries , in which one or more bulls are baited in a bullring for sport and entertainment...

 in Spain
Spain
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 and elsewhere, it is sometimes played (refrain
Refrain
A refrain is the line or lines that are repeated in music or in verse; the "chorus" of a song...

 only) to arouse local crowds in baseball
Baseball
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 matches in the United States
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. The Beatles in their early club days in Liverpool played the song.

It is often used by the Hawthorne Caballeros Drum and Bugle Corps
Hawthorne Caballeros Drum and Bugle Corps
The Hawthorne Caballeros Drum and Bugle Corps from Hawthorne, New Jersey are one of the oldest and the most decorated summer drum and bugle corps in Drum Corps Associates...

, and the Muchachos Drum and Bugle Corps of Manchester, NH as a closer.

Several arrangements of the tune are often used for the ballroom Paso Doble dance (to the point that, amongst ballroom dancers, it is known as "the paso doble song" as it is very commonly played in competition).

It is also a chant supporters of Eskisehirspor
Eskisehirspor
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 (Turkey) see this video: youtube
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