Dionisio Preciado, quoted by Sabas de Hoces established the following characteristics for the melodies of flamenco singing:

Jerez, the city where flamenco singing began, is also proud of its Andalusian Centre of Flamenco.

Antonio Fernández Díaz known as Fosforito, ( b. Puente Genil, Córdoba Province, 1932 ) is a flamenco singer and winner of the fifth Golden Key of flamenco singing.

Ralph Ellison uses the term in Invisible Man with regard to the pathos inherent in the singing of spirituals: "... beneath the swiftness of the hot tempo there was a slower tempo and a cave and I entered it and looked around and heard an old woman singing a spiritual as full of Weltschmerz as flamenco.

The image of the Holy Child is taken in procession from the castle to the site of his supposed apparition, now a hermitage, for a rociera ( flamenco ) mass followed by dancing, singing, eating and drinking until dawn.

" Another record is the as yet untitled ' singing saw symphony ', complete with Julian's father, again on flamenco guitar, though this has yet to see the light of day, and is under slow progress.

Born into a family of Spanish Gypsy artists and intellectuals in Madrid, El Cigala started singing in flamenco peñas ( enthusiasts ' clubs ) and tablaos, until his excellent meter and ability to mark the rhythm caught the attention of world-class bailaores like Mario Maya, Faíco, Farruco, El Güito, Manuela Carrasco, Cristóbal Reyes, Carmen Cortés, Joaquín Cortés and he began touring as part of their companies.

In recent years flamenco has become popular all over the world and is taught in many countries: in Japan there are more academies than there are in Spain.

The word flamenco is the Spanish name for the Greater Flamingo, a bird native to southern Spain.

* Finally, the theatrical presentation of flamenco is now an extended and sophisticated performance in its own right, comparable to a ballet, by such ensembles as the Maria Pagès Company.

While in equal temperament scales, enharmonics are notes with identical pitch but different spellings ( e. g. A flat and G sharp ); in flamenco, as in unequal temperament scales, there is a microtonal intervalic difference between enharmonic notes.

The compás is fundamental to flamenco.

Without it, there is no flamenco.

The 12 beat cycle is the most common in flamenco, differentiated by the accentuation of the beats in different palos.

For practical reasons, when transferring flamenco guitar music to sheet music, this rhythm is written as a regular 3 / 4.

The Bulerías is the emblematic palo of flamenco: today its 12 beat cycle is most often played with accents on the 3, 7, 8, 10 and 12th beats.

The flamenco guitar is similar to the classical guitar, but of lighter construction, with a cypress body and spruce top.

A distinguishing feature of all flamenco guitars is the tapping plates ( golpeadores ) glued to the table, to protect them against the taps with the fingernails that are an essential feature of the flamenco style.

Many modern soloists ( following the lead of Paco de Lucía ) play what is called a flamenca negra, a hybrid of the flamenco and classical guitar constructions.

In this Hollywood back-story movie, Bogart again is the broken-down man, this time the cynical director-narrator who saves his career by making a star of a flamenco dancer Ava Gardner, modeled on the real life of Rita Hayworth.

It is the most serious and moving variety of flamenco or Spanish gypsy song, often dealing with themes of death, anguish, or religion.

Rosa Morena is a famous flamenco pop singer who was very popular on the decade of the 70 ’ s in everywhere.

There is also music based on sounds made by dancing ( such as the zapateada ) which some believe gave origin to flamenco after the Conquistadores brought it back to Spain and claimed it as their own.

Angelo Gilardino, who has worked at the Fundación Andrés Segovia in Spain, noted: " Though it is not yet completely documented, it seems clear that, since his tender childhood, learnt playing as a flamenco guitarist.

' is an old Spanish expression used to cheer and applaud as part of flamenco music and in sporting events, especially bullfighting.

* Spanish flamenco singer Camarón de la Isla's album La leyenda del tiempo contains lyrics written by or based on works by Lorca and much of the album is about his legacy.

The music of Spain is often associated abroad with traditions like flamenco and the classical guitar but Spanish music is, in fact, diverse from region to region.

Though Andalusia is best known for flamenco music, there is also a tradition of gaita rociera ( tabor pipe ) music in western Andalusia and a distinct violin and plucked-string type of band music known as panda de verdiales in Málaga.

Latin American music genres such as the flamenco, samba, rumba, salsa, and other clave ( rhythm )- based genres, were founded to varying degrees on the music of enslaved Africans, and have in turn influenced African popular music.

1927 Au coeur de Seville, cuadro flamenco based on a popular air.

Although fused with other music, it was still based on the classic flamenco the artists had grown up with, a new form of the old.

The year before Lorca had begun to write his Poema del cante jondo (" Poem of the deep song ", not published until 1931 ), so he naturally composed an essay on the art of flamenco, and began to speak publicly in support of the Concurso.

The first, up to 1985, was essentially as a synthpop band ; while on the second stage Mecano followed a more acoustic pop rock direction, with elements of ballad, salsa, rumba, bolero, paso doble, flamenco, bossanova, tango, dance and even reggae.

Their cover version of " Hotel California " is an example of fast flamenco guitar leads and rhythmic strumming ( this version was featured in the Coen Brothers ' movie The Big Lebowski, as well on the HBO series Entourage ).

" The cover booklet expands on the theme, and features photographs of the flamenco dancer in several other poses ; there are no song lyrics or written content, apart from album credits, in the booklet.

David Bisbal was born on June 5, 1979 in Almería ( Spain ), son of José Bisbal, a professional boxer and part of a trio of flamenco music, and Maria Ferre.

' ( first aired 29 September 2011 ), Havers revealed in his youth he went on a date with a flamenco dancer who turned out to be a man.

* Ballet, flamenco, and Irish Dancers are known to rub the tips and heels of their shoes in powdered rosin to reduce slippage on clean wooden dance floors or competition / permanence stages.

Vahe Mardirossian, another artist of Armenian descent, plays flamenco style music on his own custom made guitars.

Argentina was also the first to inaugurate the recital format, performing her own choreography for concerts in which she was alone on stage, accompanied simply by a pianist, occasionally by a guitarist, especially for the flamenco dances.

He has played as backing guitarist on recordings by flamenco singers El Pele, Camarón de la Isla, Vicente Soto, Luis de Córdoba and the rociero band Salmarina, and he has acted as a producer for Remedios Amaya and José Mercé.

In 1991, he contributed a flamenco inspired guitar solo to the epic Queen song Innuendo, which would be featured on the album of the same name.

It is said that Francisco's father played flamenco and several other music styles on his guitar ; when his father was away working as a watchman at the Convent of San Pascual, the child would take his father's guitar and attempt to make the beautiful sounds he had heard.

His daughter from his first marriage to Jules Klarecy ( née Hlavacek ), Romano Carmen ( later Montoya and Peers ), enjoyed a successful career as a dancer, taught ballet and flamenco in New York, and died on November 13, 1995, at age 73, in Athens, Greece.

Produced by Aureo Baquiero and filmed in front of a live audience at Spain's " Palacio de Congresos IFEMA ", the production features Fernández performing some of his biggest hits accompanied by a 28-piece orchestra and some of Spain's most important voices on three of the songs: Amaia Montero from La Oreja de Van Gogh joins him on " Me dediqué a perderte "; Malú duets with him on " Contigo aprendí ", and with flamenco star Diego El Cigala perform a moved version of " Como quien pierde una estrella ", accompanied on cajón by famed flamenco guitarist Niño Josele.