bandolá

The bandolá is a type of flamenco singing, considered within the style of the cantes derived from the verdiales.{{Cite web |title=Bandolá |url=https://flamenco.one/es/glosario-de-flamenco/bandola/ |access-date=2023-07-19 |website=flamenco.one}}

Origin

Originally from Vélez-Málaga, bandolás appear when the verdiales lose their danceable character and also the accompaniment of the musicians. The interpretation is performed by a solo singer with a slower rhythm and accompanied only by a guitar. Its rhythm corresponds to the Spanish bolero.{{Cite web |title=Flamencopolis |url=https://www.flamenco.plus/flamencopolis/ |access-date=2023-07-19 |website=Flamencopolis |language=es}}

Some authors consider that the bandolá is the common trunk of the cantes de Málaga, and that from it derive the rondeñas,{{Cite web |title=Málaga {{!}} Horizonte Flamenco {{!}} El flamenco, historia, palos y protagonistas |url=https://www.horizonteflamenco.com/geo_malaga |access-date=2023-07-19 |website=www.horizonteflamenco.com}} the jabegote, the jabera and the malagueña itself, as well as the fandangos abandolaos and cantes personales, such as those of Juan Breva,{{Cite web |last=Unknown |date=2015-02-02 |title=Flamenco cantes de Málaga - Flamenco |url=http://flamencograna.blogspot.com/2015/02/flamenco-cantes-de-malaga.html |access-date=2023-07-19 |website=Flamenco cantes de Málaga - Flamenco}} and the granaínas of Frasquito Yerbagüena.

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