From Andalusia, the south of Spain, comes a sound known as flamenco. DOONK. A heeled shoe stomps against the floor. Tak-tak-tak. A palmero (pahl-MEH-roh) claps.
Tak-a-tak-a-tak. A second palmero claps the counter rhythm.
DOONK tak-tak-tak.
DOONK tak-a-tak-a-tak.
Flamenco music has roots belonging to the various people who have populated Spain—the Gypsy, Indian, Moorish, and Sephardic Jewish peoples. Because of cultural and