A Falseta is part of a Flamenco song, much as a sentence is part of a paragraph. The artists improvise their own falsetas which are then put together to form the whole song. Most Flamenco forms have strongly defined rhythmic patterns.
Examples
The Soleares and Alegrias and other palos could be explained as one measure of 3/4-time and one measure of 6/8 time, although the accents are different from in 'normal' (western classical) measures:
[12] 1 [2] 3 [4] 5 [6] 7 8 [9] 10 11
The Bulerias is the same pattern as the Solares, but reversed:
[12] 1 2 [3] 4 5 [6] 7 [8] 9 [10] 11
The Farrucas, are 2 measures of 4/4 time, the falsetas each having of 8 beats:
[1] 2 [3] 4 [5] 6 [7] 8
Most other forms follow these two basic rhythms, though there can be considerable variation, such as the Granadina.
