Compás by Palo
Compás is the time element in flamenco. It’s absolutely central to everything that flamenco is, but it’s also what trips up most newcomers to flamenco. Fortunately, teaching compás - so that you truly understand and feel it - is what Flamenco Explained is all about.
It’s not that flamenco rhythms are in themselves so difficult to learn. It just that unless you’ve grown up hearing and playing flamenco, the rhythms are unfamiliar. What we do in our compás tutorials is to break everything down so you know what to listen for, and you know how and what to practice.
You’ll get the most complete understanding of compás by taking our Beginner Course, which is designed to introduce the subject in a cumulative way, with each video building on what we’ve already covered.
But if you’re looking for an overview or something specific, then you’ve come to the right place. We have tons of videos on compás in various Palos, from beginner to very advanced. We break it all down and explain it in a way that makes sense so that you can really feel it.
We constantly hear from students that they just “didn’t get” compás until they found Flamenco Explained. If you’re brand new to the concept we encourage you to start with our Intro to Flamenco Compás video or get started with our Beginner Course.
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38 itemsSOLEA COMPÁS
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From just getting started to improvising your own variations and playing Palmas, we have everything you need to get in compás, stay in compás, and make your compás playing as interesting as your falsetas!
If you're new to Soleá we strongly recommend you take our Beginner Course, but you'll also ... -
19 itemsTANGOS COMPÁS
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Everything you need to play groovy, interesting Tangos compas without ever getting lost!
If you're new to Tangos we recommend our Tangos Explained Course, but you can also find the Tangos compás lessons from that course in this playist. -
39 itemsBULERIAS COMPÁS
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Bulerias compás is one of the most fun, but also one of the most challenging, things to play in flamenco. But we've got you covered with our Bulerias compás tutorials, and you can find them all here, covering everything from basic compás to syncopated craziness and the dreaded half-compás - all e...
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13 itemsSOLEÁ POR BULERIAS COMPÁS
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From just getting started to improvising your own variations, we have everything you need to get in compás, stay in compás, and make you compás playing as interesting as your falsetas!
If you're new to Soleá Por Bulerias we highly recommend you take our Soleá Por Bulerias Course, but you can also... -
23 itemsALEGRIAS COMPÁS
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From just getting started to improvising your own variations, we have everything you need to get in compás, stay in compás, and make you compás playing as interesting as your falsetas!
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8 itemsSEGUIRILLA COMPÁS
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If you're new to Seguirillas we recommend you take our Seguirillas Explained course, but you can also find all of our Seguirillas compás tutorials in this playlist.
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7 itemsTIENTOS COMPÁS
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If you're new to Tientos we recommend our Tientos Explained course, but you can find just the compás tutorials from that course here.
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3 itemsFANDANGOS DE HUELVA COMPÁS
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These videos will give you a comprehensive overview of Fandangos de Huelva compás.
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6 itemsFARRUCA COMPÁS
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If you're new to Farruca we recommend our Farruca Explained course, but you'll find the compás tutorials from that course here.
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6 itemsTARANTOS COMPÁS
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In this playlist you'll find all of our Tarantos compás tutorials, plus a few other helpful videos to get your Tarantos going.
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3 itemsGUAJIRA COMPÁS
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Get started with Guajira in this playlist which includes the Palo Introduction and Survival guide.
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SEVILLANAS - Compás, Structure and More
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Sevillanas is a little different from other Palos, so we have all of our Sevillanas tutorials in one place. We have structure, Beginner and Advanced solo guitar Sevillanas, and Cante accompaniment.
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PETENERAS Intro & Basic Compás - TUTORIAL
Introduction and basic compás patterns for the Palo Peteneras, a 12-beat compás that is traditionally played Por Arriba. TAB/Notation for this can be found here: https://flamencoexplained.com/tabs-and-notation/
