Buleria
12/8 or 3+3+2+2+2
12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
or here is an alternate version of accents – however, there are many more different ways of doing this… just try to listen to the alchemy Ron adds to the basic rhythm during his tabla solo…
Now regarding todays new Listening Lounge downloads and Podcasts,gucci purses, which feature two version of Duende del Amor. As you will be able to tell, if you can follow the above instructions, the verses of this piece keep to the Bulerias rhythm, but for the Chori we don’t accent the Buleria and rather play a 6/8 feel.
12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
– the main accents are in bold red numerals. As you will see in the next line, the buleria just shifts the rhythm and by starting with the 12 you keep the accents in the same places.
Solea por Bulerias means that the Solea is played to the Buleria rhythm, i.e. there is that accent on the first beat.
Buleria
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Bulerias started around the beginning of the 20th century. Gitanos have always counted it starting on the 12, because Solea is a much older form (the Mother of Flamenco) and is counted like this:
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