Bulerias Explained - Level 3 - A Minor Falseta by Sabicas - PLAYED SLOW & LOOPED
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Sabicas was famous for his minor Bulerías, and this may be his most famous falseta of all. It’s almost all picado in eight notes, and the phrases start on beat 1 and 7 instead of the more common beats 12 and 6.
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