Siguiriyas (also seguiriyas, seguidillas) is a form of flamenco music belonging to the cante jondo category. Its deep, expressive style is among the most important in flamenco. The siguiriyas are normally played in the key of A-major with each falseta consisting of 12 counts (4 measures of 3/4 time) with emphasis on the 1st, 3rd, 5th, 8th and 11th beats as shown here:
[1] 2 [3] 4 [5] 6 7 [8] 9 10 [11] 12
Sometimes this pattern is described as only having 5 counts: 3 fast, and 2 slow. Compare this rhythmic pattern with that of the soleares.
Siguiriyas samples from the art of Javier Molina, Montoya, Borrull, Manolo de Badajoz, El Hijo de Salvador and others.
An analysis of beats three, four and five of the siguiriyas rhythm.
A classification and study of two singing styles, with 58 different substyles of siguiriyas and 85 substyles of soleares in over 400 audio samples, including the sung verse.
The siguiriyas are always about the release of pent-up emotion: hate, love, jealousy, persecution, and--more often than not--the inevitable marauding nature of Death that will not be denied.
The siguiriyas compas is a somewhat subtle transmutation of the compas of soleares, the form known as la madre de flamenco, the mother of flamenco.
Siguiriyas have the same compas with a subtle but extremely important twist: the beat is twice as fast and it starts on 8.
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