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 are 4 measures of 3/4 time with falsetas consisting of 12 beats, with emphasis as follows:

  1 2 [3] 4 5 [6] 7 [8] 9 [10] 11 [12]

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 .