Solea por Buleria Lecture
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SOLEA POR BULERIAS is a mid tempo 12 count palo (rhythm). As the name suggests, it's a Soleares with the drive of Bulerias. The structure of the letra (verse) is like Solea. The accents are on 12, 3, 6 (sometimes 7), 8 and 10, with 12 being the beginning of the compás.
The first video is a lecture with slides where I go over the complete structure. The second is a video walkthrough and Q&A of several dances. Then there are walkthroughs of individual dances. Enjoy!
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If you know the structure of the letra, then you can *always* improvise it!
The letra has 7 lines with the following pattern:
- 1st line- song
- 2nd line- a break (no singing, but accented guitar and dancing)
- 3rd line- repeat the words of the 1st line
- 4th line- song with the melody rising (1st couplet)
- 5th line- singer resolves melodically and the dancer accents
- 6th line- song with the melody rising, usually a repeat of the lyrics from the 4th line (2nd couplet)
- 7th line- singer resolves melodically and the dancer accents, usually a repeat of the lyrics from the 5th line
The structure of the complete dance:
- entrada (entrance)
- llamada (call for letra)
- letra (1st verse)
- llamada (call for 2nd letra)
- letra (2nd verse)
- falseta (guitar interlude)
- escobilla (footwork section)
- subida (footwork pattern that raises the tempo)
- buleria (final fast letra of dancing in 12 count)
- estribillo (the chorus at which the dancer ends)