Tientos (flamenco)

Tientos is a flamenco Andalusian palo which has a rhythm consisting of 4 beats. It is in the same family as the Tangos, but slower and with different topics, lyrics and mood. Every Tientos becomes a

Structure#

The structure is similar to most flamenco dances and can be broken down as follows: * Guitar intro * Song intro * Footwork intro and llamada * First letra, punctuated by a footwork during the respiro ‑ a break in the song after the second line of letra * Guitar falsetta * Escobilla (footwork section) * Second letra * Second escobilla * Subida * Macho or Tangos to close

Compás#

The compás of Tientos has a time signature like the Tangos, but with the above 2 ways of accents. A simple one and more complicated one. Tientos in its simple point of view: Four-count rhythm with an added beat on the ‘and’ count of the second beat. 1+ 2 + 3 + 4 + 1+ 2 + 3 + 4 Tientos in its less simple point of view: Each beat is broken into triplets, and that added beat after beat two is on the “a” of the triplet. 1+a 2 + a 3 +a 4 +a

Palmas#

The standard palmas for both Tientos and Tangos are: 1+2+3+4+ or 1 2+3 4

For guitarists#

The basic compás for Tientos on the guitar can be performed with the same basic chords associated with the Tangos: B A B A Dm C B A Passing chords are added to this basic pattern to create the harmony for the Letra: B A B A double time B B A A a tempo Dm Dm Dm G 7 C F B B A C F B A B A