The Key of C, Flamenco Guitar

C major harmonises to C – Dm – Em – F – G – Am – B°; C natural minor to Cm – D° – Eb – Fm – Gm – Ab – Bb.

Only part of flamenco lives in these two tables. The palos in the major mode, the alegrías among them, draw on the first; soleá, seguiriya and most bulerías sit in the flamenco mode, which neither table spells, and the compás pages realise each palo's own cadence in any key.

The guitar is the toque: the toque: it states the compás, marks the accents with the strumming hand, and closes each cycle on the chord the palo comes home to. A grip below is held for a run of counts rather than a bar — the strumming hand sounds it harder on the accented counts and lighter between them, so one shape can carry most of a cycle.