Soleá
Traditional
Jesús qué barbaridad
el que no sabe querer
no sabe aconsejar
So you’re looking for a letra about love?
Here find many to choose from.
At the time of posting there are one hundred twenty one letras about love on this site.
Beware, not all of these letras are warm and fuzzy.
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Valentine’s Day is upon us,
so here’s a love letra for you today, and a video of Juan Talega singing it.
Soleá por Bulerías
Traditional
¿Por qué no te pones tú
a pensar en mi querer?
Porque yo de pensar en el tuyo
loquita me voy a volver
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Have you heard Manuel De Falla’s Siete Canciones Populares Españoles?
In researching for this post, I discovered that today’s letra came from that piece.
Watch Javier Barón dance to it and Matilde Coral dance bulerías at the end.
In need of a little chuckle?
Then read on for today’s letra.
I hope you’ll enjoy it as much as I do…
Did you know that siguiriyas is the style Mercedes Ruíz’s most enjoys dancing?
(That is one of the flamenco trivia questions you’ll be asked to answer in this quiz.)
Below you’ll find a list of letras from the siguiriyas or seguiriyas family.
Can you name all of the cantes de ida y vuelta?
These are flamenco styles that came into being through migration to Latin America then back to Spain.
Included are the Guajira, Colombiana, Rumba, Vidalita, and Milonga.
Bulerías
Traditional
Estoy por decir señores
Si al río yo me tirara
Saliera llena de flores
Want to get flamenco glamorous but don’t have a lot of time?
No problem.
It can be done.
Jaleos are calls of encouragement used in flamenco to cheer one another on.
We give jaleos to the dancer, the singer, the guitarist, to anybody participating.
Do you feel comfortable giving jaleos?
Because two hundred bulerías letras won’t suffice, here’s one more for you.
This one’s used at the end of another letra as a coletilla.
So you like watching flamenco dance videos?
Me too.
Here are some clips from last year that I know you’re going to love
The last post directed you to all of the bulerías letras you can find here, but what about tangos?
Below you’ll find a list of almost ninety tangos letras translated into English.
Did you know you can find more than two hundred bulerías letras here?
I suppose that’s what happens when you’ve been publishing a letra a week for nearly ten years and you love bulerías.
The first full flamenco dance I learned was with abanico.
After our first class Ana, my teacher in Sevilla, told me to go out and get a flamenco fan.
(She also told me to get flamenco shoes which I did not do. )
Who feels like having some fun?
Take the following flamenco trivia quiz to do just that and perhaps learn something in the process.
It touches on flamenco theory, history, and interesting tidbits about various artists.
Are You Ready?
Want to know how to get good action dance shots all on your own?
In this online world we find ourselves in pictures are in high demand.
But how do you get a candid shot of yourself when there’s nobody there to take it for you?
Are you ready to hear one of the most beautiful versions of Little Drummer Boy you’ve ever heard?
Yes, of course I’m talking about a flamenco version.