·  afillá     	a type of hoarse, earthy flamenco voice

·  alante      	stage front

·  Alegrias    	 A joyful dance, in comopas of 12 beats, from Cadiz. The origin is in the jotas of Cadiz. 

	             Traditional folk music of Aragon, brought to the Andalucian region by soliders during the

	            War of Independence in the early 19th century. The main  characteristics of this style are the 

	            richness of it's guitar  accompaniment, the intricacy of the dancing, the demands of the rhythm,

	            and it's lively sound.

\ Andalucia	Region from southern Spain; birthplace of Flamenco

·  arpegio     	a chord whose notes are played in succession, not simultaneously

·  atrás               stage rear

·  baile       	the dance

·  bailaor{a} 	dancer (male & female)

·  bout        	body of the guitar

·  braceo      	movement of the arms during the dance

·  bulerias    	High-spirited song & dance from Jerez. This developed like Soleares from a simple style. 

               	However, unlike Soleares, it has a fast and lively rhythm - indeed, the fastest in all  flamenco 

	            and provides enormous scope for improvisation on the part of dancers, singers and guitarists.

	            It is wild, frenzied and lively, but nevertheless contains the germ of sorrow that is almost 

		            always present in flamenco.

·  cabales     	Flamenco experts

·  café cantante 	coffee house with flamenco shows (originally

starting with flamenco cante but eventually covering all flamenco forms)

·  cajon       	percussive instrument similar to an empty wooden box

·  calo        	language of the gypsies

·  caña        	Caña, also very closely related to Soleares, is one of

The oldest forms of flamenco, and one of the most pure and beautiful.

  cantaor{a}   	singer (male & female)

·  cante       	song

·  cante chico 	light song, more frivolous

·  cante jondo	 deep song covering both the dark and serious aspect of Flamenco

·  cante grande 	more profound song

·  carcelera   	type of tonás sung by incarcerated gypsies

·  Caracoles   	This is one type of cantiñ which appeared in Cadiz in the mid-19th century. It became strongly

	              associated with Madrid, although it is essentially from  Andalucia, like all flamenco music. 

		Curro Cuchares and El Tato' who worked in the bull-rings and were also good singers took this 

		style to Madrid where it became very popular. Later it was recreated in a masterly way by 

		Antonio Chacon, who gave it its present brilliance and vitality.

·  cejilla     	capo on a guitar

·  colombianas 	flamenco style influenced by S.American rhythms

·  compás      	beat, rhythm, measure, the characteristic rhythm of a form

·  copla       	verse

·  cuadro     	group of flamenco performers, including dancers singers, and guitarists

·  danza mora  	a style influenced by the Moors of N.Africa  (stands for Moorish Dance); guitar 6th string 

		tuned to D

·  debla       	toná with religious overtones

·  desplante   	section of a dance, as in "desplante por bulerias", performed afterthe "llamada". May range from 

	             several steps to several compass depending on the choreography

·  duende      	the soul force that inspires flamenco art

·  entrada     	entrance of the dancer

·  estribillo  	a flamenco phrase

·  falda       	skirt

·  falseta     	a melodic variation played by guitarist

·  falsete     	high pitched voice

·  fandango  	a dance from Huelva; cante chico

·  farruca     	A spectacular male dance, one of the more recent forms of flamenco. Its origin is perhaps 

               	in some chants from the North of Spain. It is never sung when played in the pure flamenco idiom. 

               	As a dance or as a guitar solo, it is a very dramatic piece.

·  flamenco    	music/dance from Andalucia in Southern Spain. Roots in Indian, Arabic, Spanish cultures.

·  floreo      	movement of the hands

·  gitano      	gypsy

·  guajiras    	a style influenced  by Cuban rhythms

·  hondo       	deep, profound

·  juerga      	flamenco party or jam session

·  jaleo       	utterances of approval, encouragement. Recognition of the duende

·  jondo       	variation of hondo most often associated with flamenco dance

·  letra       	verse of a song

·  llamada   	 "call" or "break", dance movement signalling a change of section

·  malagueñas  	a free form flamenco style (no specific compas, interpretive, and not danced) from Malaga.

		Descendent of the Fandango family.

·  manton      	embroidered silk shawl with long fringes

·  marcando   	movements of the dancer during the letra

·  martinete   	toná sung by the gypsies in a forge; refers to hammer

·  palillos    	castanets, not used in pure flamenco

·  palmas     	rhythmic hand clapping used to accompany flamenco song and dance

·  palmeros   	men that clap while the musicians play

·  petenera    	Cante that is out of the mainstream, derived from Andalucian folklore. The folklore 

		behind this is that the word is a corruption of "Patenera" who sang

the cante and came from Paterna de la Rivera. It is considered by the superstitious to be bad 

luck to play.

·  picados    	flamenco scales on the guitar

·  pitos               finger snapping used to accompany flamenco song and dance

·  planta      	sole of the foot

·  polo        	flamenco song derived from the Soleares family

·  punta       	toe of the foot

·  punteado    	plucking technique

·  quejío              lament

·  rasgueado   	guitar strumming technique

·  redonda    	flamenco voice

·  rondenas   	another free-form style; it uses an alternative tuning for both 3rd and 6th strings

·  rumbas     	another flamenco style influenced by New World rhythms; strumming characterized by damping 

	            the strings with the whole hand for syncopation

·  salida      	exit of the dancer

·  serranas    	same compas as siguiriyas, but played in E instead of A so has a different mood and texture,

	            though some of the same variations can be transposed

·  siquiriyas/

   seguidillas 	profound cante jondo

·  soleá/

soleares       	cante jondo called the mother of flamenco song.

Consists of 12 beats with accents on the 3rd, 6th, 8th, 10th, and 12th.

·  tablao      	club with stage for flamenco shows

·  tacaor/tocaor 	flamenco guitarist

·  tacon       	heel of the foot

·  taconeo     	footwork

·  tango       	baile chico, flamenco song & dance

·  tanguillo   	flamenco song and dance dervied from the tango

·  tarantas	another free-form style

·  tarantos	      danced so it has a compas, and is related to the tarantos in key, etc.

·  tientos     	cante jondo, derived from tango

·  tocaor/tacaor 	flamenco guitarist

·  tonás       	basic flamenco song. The earliest known.

·  toque       	guitar playing

·  toque compás 	guitar playing with fixed patterns of rhythmic beats

·  toque libre 	guitar playing with free form rhythm

·  tremolo     	a rapid fluttering of a guitar tone or alternating tones

·  zapateados  	needs very fancy footwork; the compas speeds up, slows down,  and speeds up again and 

		is a showcase for dancers (zapato means shoes).Derived from the tango.

·  Agua                Water! It's so hot I need water!

·  Asi se baila        That's dancing!

·  Asi se toca         That's playing!

·  Asi se canta        That's singing!

·  Eso es               That's it!

·  Hassa                Great!

·  jaleo                 Ale, ole.

                          Possibly from the 12th century call "hala"    Possibly from the Arabic: Allah!

·  Olé!

·  Toma que toma    take it!

·  Vamos alla          go there!

·  Vamo' ya!           Let's go!