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What else could be said of it?

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It's definitely a bulería, and a fairly standard one at that. I mean, the falsetas often border on ridiculous - especially for the time when this piece came out - but the structure is nothing out of the ordinary. Falseta, compás, falseta, compás, etc., and the compases are, for the most part, pretty normal as well. Just the usual A to Bb, etc.

A couple of random facts.... One is that it starts with a media compás, so on the 6 (or so) rather than the 12, which is mildly unusual. Another fun thing in that piece is the chord progression at the end. It's a cool way to end the song. The part where he plays around with an A7 chord (5:10-5:14 or so - technically C7 since there's a capo on the third fret) could easily be used to transition the bulería from major into minor - you can hear a classic example of this in his slightly earlier bulería El Tempúl where that A7 goes into a Dm, G7, C, and then Dm, Am, E7, Am to establish the fact that you've ended up in A minor. If you haven't heard that piece, check it out, the A minor falseta he does at the end is excellent.

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Once you can play "El Tempul" (even reasonably competently) then you'll know you've arrived.

cheers,

Ron

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It's a cool way to end the song.

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Ramparts, you the first person from the UK that I’ve hear refer to an instrumental as a song. I thought it was an American thing :-)

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So simple, easy melodic tunes, practically nursery rhymes.. (like Panaderos)....
But so..so..far away from how anyone else can play Flamenco guitar...

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So simple, easy melodic tunes, practically nursery rhymes.. (like Panaderos)....

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ORIGINAL: Paul Magnussen

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It's a cool way to end the song.

Ramparts, you the first person from the UK that I’ve heard refer to an instrumental as a song. I thought it was an American thing :-)