Palo (flamenco)

The Palos of Flamenco

A palo (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpalo]) or cante[1] is the name given in flamenco for the different traditional musical forms.

The word palo, in Spanish, has several meanings, the main one being "stick", "pole", "rod", "tree" or "branch", but in this case it has the sense of "suit of cards" i.e. category or classification.

  1. ^ Manuel, Peter (2006). Tenzer, Michael (ed.). Analytical Studies in World Music. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 95.