flamenco

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Turkish - Turkish
Arap müziği etkisiyle gelişmiş bir ispanyol halk müziği
English - English
music played for this dance
a Spanish dance
a style of dancing characteristic of the Andalusian gypsies; vigorous and rhythmic with clapping and stamping of feet guitar music composed for dancing the flamenco
guitar music composed for dancing the flamenco
{i} dance characterized by strong rhythmical movements and clapping (originating with the Andalusian Gypsies of southern Spain)
a style of dancing characteristic of the Andalusian gypsies; vigorous and rhythmic with clapping and stamping of feet
Flamenco is a Spanish dance that is danced to a special type of guitar music. flamencos a fast exciting Spanish dance, or the music that is played for this dance. Form of song, dance, and instrumental (mostly guitar) music commonly associated with the Andalusian Roma (Gypsies) of southern Spain. (There, the Roma people and their language are known as Caló, or Gitano.) The roots of flamenco, though somewhat mysterious, seem to lie in the Roma migration from Rajasthan (in northwest India) to Spain between the 9th and 14th centuries. Its essence is cante, or song, often accompanied by guitar music and improvised dance. The cante jondo ("profound song" or "deep song"), thought to be the oldest form, is characterized by profound emotion and deals with themes of death, anguish, despair, or religious doubt. After the mid-19th century, flamenco song was usually accompanied by guitar music and a palo seco (Spanish: "dry stick," a stick that was beat on the floor to keep time) and a dancer performing a series of choreographed dance steps and improvised styles. Baile, or dance, has been the dominant element of flamenco since that time, though it is never performed without accompaniment. Essential to traditional flamenco is the duende, an intensely focused, trancelike state of transcendent emotion. It is usually enhanced by rhythmic hand clapping and encouraging interjections (jaleo) from fellow performers

Related Terms

flamenco guitar
A particular kind of guitar (a kind designed for flamenco)
flamenco guitars
plural form of flamenco guitar
flamencos
plural of flamenco
flamenco

    Hyphenation

    fla·men·co

    Turkish pronunciation

    flımengkō

    Pronunciation

    /fləˈmeɴɢˌkō/ /fləˈmɛŋˌkoʊ/

    Etymology

    [ fl&-'me[ng]-(")kO ] (noun.) 1896. From Spanish flamenco.
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