Bulerias Guitar with Palmas

Torcuato Zamora, who has played for the King of Spain, plays some Bulerias for us in his home. Miguel Perez, well known in the Flamenco community for his website dcflamenco.com, and his amazing Flamenco guitar playing, does the base bulerias palmas rhythm, clapping all 12 beats, with accents on 3,6,8,10 and 12, while I play in between those beats (on the and), aka contra- rhythms.

I started to show where the base rhythms are, but it was too tedious when my ADD kicked in. Hopefully you'll get the gist with my starting it off for you in the video- u cholos.

While Miguel keeps the base rhythm, with accents on beats 3, 6, 8, 10 and 12, I do contra-rhythms, and sometimes do accents on different beats like 12,3,7,8,and 10, just to change it up a bit. It's even more fun with more people.

Also note that the guitarist, Torcuato, often taps the guitar with his huge finger nails on certain beats, with stronger strumming mainly 3,6,8,10 and 12, but sometimes on other beats to change it up for added flair.
Notice that Flamenco numbers like the bulerias end on beat 10. That's what makes the end of a Flamenco number so dramatico and un-expected. More on how to tell when the end of a piece is coming later, and how to know when to end on beat 10.

They don't call me Miss Contra- tiempo for nothing. lol.

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[PuppyZwolle]

I thought it was your phone number.

Muy bonita.

[sandieblack]

mine is 8675309. ;-)

[CommentorX]

And the woman in the white dress was ... ?

[sandieblack]

One of Torcuato's many admirers..

[tovasdad]

you really are good at that an amazing sense of timing a talent that most people would never have the subtlety for thank for posting a great video

[sandieblack]

Thank you Tovasdad!  Long time no see.

[MaxwellsDemon2000]

I'll take the mans part in clapping :)

[FateEternal]

I think you're supposed to save the clapping for the end of the song! ;) Just kidding. Tomorrow will be exactly a year after you put this video on here. :) Are you going to make a sequel to this?

[BESTEVAAR]

Eso fue muy triste!

[jeezymaster]

That was really nice !!!

[jayhoc718]

hey, thanks for sharing this video!!

[Proshka]

Giiirl, you had me clapping.... Getting me in the mood for Madrid, and saying "eeeepaaa" in my head along with the clapping..

Loved this mama...

Stay Cool Mizzz Black

Proshka

[arielsandersmusic]

Ole! Ola! Holla!!!

[rpVerlaine]

sweet! 5 stars

[tovasdad]

ya I have been working lots so haven't been on much but I love your flamingo clapping it is such an art form

[Nerimm]

Pero qué salero tiene la chola! olé y olé tu gracia!