PALMAS POR SIGUIRIYA

Flamenco is Spanish high art, a powerful genre of music that developed from the multilingual, multicultural mix of Arabs, Jews, Christians and Romani present in Andalusia in the centuries after the 1492 Spanish “reconquest” of the Iberian Peninsula.

“Palmas” refer to the rhythmic hand claps that flamenco dancers use to accent their own performances and that backing musicians and audience members contribute to add to the excitement of the song. Palmas fuertes (also called palmas claras, or “clear”) are used during types of loud footwork or loud musical performing. Palmas sordas (also called palmas bajos, or “low”) are more for times when a guitar is playing or when the vocalist is singing to provide encouragement but to not overshadow the performance