Falseta
For the male singing voice, see Falsetto.A
Falseta is part of a
Flamenco song, much as a sentence is part of a paragraph. The artists improvise their own falsetas which are then put together to form the whole song. Most Flamenco forms have strongly defined rhythmic patterns.
The
Soleares and
Alegrias and other
palos could be explained as two beats of 3/4-time and two beats of 6/8 time, although the accents are different from in 'normal' (
western classical) measures:
[12] 1
[2] 3
[4] 5
[6] 7 8
[9] 10 11
The
Bulerias is the same pattern as the
Solares, but reversed:
[12] 1 2
[3] 4 5
[6] 7
[8] 9
[10] 11
The
Farrucas, are 2 measures of 4/4 time, the falsetas each having of 8 beats:
[1] 2
[3] 4
[5] 6
[7] 8
Most other forms follow these two basic rhythms, though there can be considerable variation, such as the
Granadina.
