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🎵 Flamenco — Andalusia, Spain — mess around all you want, nothing here saves
110 BPM
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Flamenco drum beats — Andalusia, Spain

Flamenco comes from Andalusia in southern Spain, shaped by Romani, Andalusian and North African traditions. Its rhythm (compás) is kept by palmas (handclaps) and, since the 1970s, the cajón, and many forms count in cycles of 12 beats with accents in unexpected places.

Bulerías accents 12, 3, 6, 8 and 10; tangos is a flamenco form in 4 (unrelated to Argentine tango); sevillanas is the 3/4 dance of Seville's April fair; and rumba flamenca is the upbeat, Cuban-tinged party style. Here the rimshot plays the palmas and the kick and snare play the cajón.

The beats

  1. Slot A — Rumba flamenca · 4/4 · around 110 BPM
  2. Slot B — Tangos · 4/4 · around 100 BPM
  3. Slot C — Sevillanas (3/4) · 3/4 · around 120 BPM
  4. Slot D — Bulerías (12-count) · 6/4 · around 110 BPM

Want to play along, or build a song from these? Open them in Drum Loops → Each beat becomes a loop you can edit, with fills, a count-in and a song.