PALO
Palo
A palo or cante is the name traditionally given in the flamenco environment for the different musical forms that constitute the traditional musical heritage of flamenco. Each palo is characterized by a variety of musical features such as its rhythmic pattern, its mode, its characteristic motifs, or the type of stanza used for the lyrics, and comprises a series of traditional melodies or songs, generally called estilos in the flamenco jargon. The meaning of estilo here has nothing to do with the general meaning of "style" as a series of characteristics that define a musical period, a trend, a genre, or ...The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Palo (flamenco)
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