Aficionado an enthusiastic follower, fan or ...（迷,一个狂热的追随者,风扇还是）.pdf

Aficionado -- an enthusiastic follower, fan or knowledgeable observer of flamenco. The word also means an amateur participant. Afillá -- a type of flamenco voice which is hoarse and earthy. Aire -- a description of the expressiveness, atmosphere or general character of a flamenco performance. Alante -- the front of a stage. Alboreas -- a song and dance form which is of pure gypsy origin. Traditionally, alboreas is sung only at weddings, being considered unlucky during other occasions. Thus, it is basically a gypsy wedding song performed to the compás of bulerias. The world alba means daybreak or dawn, which may signify that alboreas were originally sung at dawn or as a symbolic representation of the dawning of a new life. Alegria or Alegrias -- a joyful song and dance form in compás of twelve beats normally played in the key of A Major. The origin of this dance is found in the jotas of Cadiz located in Southern Spain. It is based upon the traditional folk music of Aragon, brought to the Andalucian region by soldiers during the War of Independence in the early Nineteenth Century. The main characteristics of this flamenco style are the richness of its guitar accompaniment, the intricacy of the dance, the demands of its difficult rhythm and the lively sound. Alegrias is a descendent of the Soleares family. The words alegria (which is singular) and alegrias (which is plural) are commonly interchangeable and mean exactly the same thing. Alegrias Por Rosas -- sometimes known simply as rosas, this is an alegrias normally played in the key of E Major, which is typically somewhat slow and rather melancholy in melody. Alzapua -- a playing technique which uses the right hand. The thumb is used to play down-and-up strokes across one or a group of strings in combination with apoyando single notes. It may be that this technique developed as an imitation of the manner in which the medieval Arabic ud (a form of lute) w