The Key of D, Flamenco Guitar

D major harmonises to D – Em – F#m – G – A – Bm – C#°; D natural minor to Dm – E° – F – Gm – Am – Bb – C.

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.