Flamenco Fridays Alegrías con Rancapino Chico

Alegrías has the standard flow of other dances with letras, escobilla and Bulerías with few different elements:

  • Entrada for singer (titi ti tran)
  • Letras (usually two singing verses)
  • After the second letra, there’s generally a little footwork that finishes with a subida (tempo build up)
  • Silencio (slow falseta specific for Alegrías)
  • Castellana (optional letra that’s a fast estribillo that leads into the escobilla)
  • Escobilla (footwork)
  • Bulerías de Cádiz (letra of Bulerias that’s only sung at the end of an Alegrias)
  • Estribillo (ending chorus)

As usual, there are variations with possibly more falsetas, extended escobillas and multiple letras of Bulerías.

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