Flamenco Fridays with Paco de Lucia
Although Soleá is not the oldest, it is the style that has best preserved the values and qualities of ‘jondo art’: for its compass (combination of 6/8 and 3/4); its tone and its melody. It is one of the most danced and emblematic styles of flamenco and, given its characteristics, it adapts very well to the interpretation of flamenco dancers, since it invites to perform hip swings, waist swings and arms movements more typical of women . Singing to Soleá accompanies the guitar. The most sung lyrics of the soleares refer to places in America such as Havana or Puebla. In a series of soleares, the lyrics do not have much to do with each other, because they deal with different themes and the singer can take a tour of the sentimental variety of this stick during his performance.
We could say that a soleá is structured in the following way: introduction of guitar, ayeo of exit (the interpretation of the ‘ay ay ay’ of the singer); sing of preparation, brave singing and auction, with falsetas interspersed during the interpretation of the different lyrics (the falseta is the part of the music that the guitarist improvises).