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The 12-Beat Compás Explained

Why flamenco rhythm sounds the way it does

Flamenco is built on three rhythmic families: simple binary, simple ternary, and a 12-beat cycle that exists almost nowhere else in Western music. Here is how it works, and why beat one isn't always where you think it is.

#12-beat #palmas #baile #guitarra

By Diego Morales

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Seguiriyas: Cuando el Flamenco Llora

The deepest of the deep

Seguiriyas is the bottom of the well. It is what flamenco sounds like when it has nothing left to perform with — when there is only grief, and someone to sing it.

#gitano #jondo #12-beat #cante #jerez

By Lola Vega

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