Falseta
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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.
[edit] Examples
The Soleares and Alegrias and other palos could be explained as one measure of 3/4-time and one measure 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.
