Vulgarly the "palo seco" refers to the flamenco styles sung without any guitar accompaniment. Singing performed "a capella".
A Palo Seco
Abandolaos
Aficionado/a (Amateur)
Person with enthusiasm for the flamenco art. We also called "aficionado" someone who performs but does not practice as a professional.
Afilla
It is a kind of voice in the Flamenco Singing, hoaree and wheezy.
Aflamencar / Aflamencamiento
Generally it consists of introducing the song with Spanish guitar and singing it with some "melisma! at the end of the phrase.
Al Aire
Guitar. Playing without capo.
Alante
The singing is performed to be heared.
Alboreá
"Alboreá" belongs to the "solea" group and the metrical style of 12 tempos. This is a singing for the gipsy weddings. For the gipsy "cantaores" it is a singing that we have to keep back for weddings and we should not sing it out of this occasion. The rhythm and the guitar accompaniement are identical to the "soleá". The lyrics usually consist of hexasyllables. Belongs to the group of the singings influenced by the "soleá".
Alegría
Price
20.500 €-
(24.04
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20.500 €-
(24.04
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32.600 €-
(38.23
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32.600 €-
(38.23
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39.330 €-
(46.12
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The "alegrias" are festive singings belonging to the Cadiz singings group (called Cantiñas). Its "copla" or verse usually contain four verses octosyllables. Its melody incites to the dance.
Its rhythm is determined by the "compas" metre of the "soleá", but its is different from the "soleá" regarding its tempo, much faster. It is a light style, happy and sensual, with a clear dancing rhythm.
Alzapúa
Thumb technique of the right hand for the flamenco guitar. This technique consists in reproduce three sounds with only two "ataques", making "tresillos" more or less fast, characteristic of the flamenco music.