GLOSSARY

 

  • Ayeo Introductory section to cante that serves the singer to locate him/herself in the tonality and warm up the throat also suggesting the depth or cadence of the style he/she is going to interpret.
  • Bailaor/a Flamenco dancer.
  • Cajón Percussion instrument that marks the rhythm and is used to accompany flamenco music. It is a part of the flamenco set together with guitar and cante.
  • Cantaor/a Flamenco Singer.

  • Cante Action or effect of singing any popular chant from Andalucia. For instance, when talking about cante por soleares we refer to singing in that style.

  • Cante jondo: The term jondo comes from Spanish popular culture and refers to the most original, profound, and hallucinatory forms that occur in the field of flamenco. It is a performance-based on lament, from the first to the last verse, and whose result is a full manifestation of emotions, where the deepest feelings of the flamenco singers come to the surface.

  • Compás Term which is used in flamenco vocabulary to refer to the pulse.
  • Falseta In popular guitar music, a melodic or flourish phrase that is placed between the chord sequences intended to accompany the song. Referring to flamenco styles, it is a section in which the guitarist does his solo, as in jazz happens between two sections of the singing voice.

  • Palmero/a/s flamenco clappers (people who clap to accompany the singing and the guitar).

 

Because this research contains many words related with Spanish flamenco vocabulary this glossary is made in order to help the reader.