Alboreá: It is the ritual cante of the weddings of the gypsy people and also, it is the song known with other denominations like albolá, alboleá or arbolá. Until recently, this cante was never heard except in weddings and also, it was prohibited that people who were not in the wedding hear it. The name Alborea is a contraction of Alboreada but the exact meaning of the name has never been defined satisfactorily. The rhythm and the accompaniment of the guitar are exactly the same as the one of Soleá. The lyrics generally refer to the virginity of the bride. For the most of gypsy cantaores, it is a cante that must be kept for the wedding atmosphere and should not be sung out of context.
Alegrías: This song belongs to the same group of the Cantiñas that are the cantes of Cádiz par excellence. This cante started as a cante for dancing. The characteristics of the baile are some clearly marked Eescobillas and a quite part called Silencio ( silence ). Its melody is festive and incite the dance. Its rhythm is conditioned by the metric of the Compás of the Soleá, but the difference from the Soleá is the tempo, which is much quicker. One of its other characteristics is the traditional TIRITITRÁN which, according to Chano Lobato, Ignacio Espeleta invented during one fiesta where he forgot the lyrics.
Bambera: Also known as cante de columpio ( cante of swing ) because of its pronounced melodic swinging. Its origin is clearly folkloric and is one of the clearest examples of flamenco-inspired style that exist. La Niña de los Peines gave it the form that the style has nowadays. Actually, Pastora picked up various lyrics of these popular songs and gave them Flamenco characteristics adjusting to the compás of Fandangos, and not to the compás of Soleá, like people have written in many occasions. Naranjito de Triana and Paco de Lucía were the ones who changed the concept of this cante, and respecting the melody of Pastora, they changed the tempo to the one of Soleá por Bulaería. Nowadays, Bambera is performed with this tempo.
Bulería: Bulería is the most typical style of Flamenco of Jerez de la Frontera. The characteristics is its noisy cante, generally for dancing. This cante is known by its quick rhythm and redoubled compás, which admits the shout of joy and expressive voice of jaleo more than any other styles. This cante frequently appears as the closing phase of other cantes, mainly of the Soleá, even though normally it is also the baile with which they finish off the juerga flamenca.
Bulerías por Soleá: In general, people think that it is a Soleá performed quicker, making itself similar to the Bulerías, when it actually is other way around. It is a mentioned Bulería with tempo of Soleá, nevertheless, with more alive and stressed rhythm than Soleá. This style is called by various different names: Soleá por Bulería, Soleabulería, Bulerías al golpe, Bulería pa escuchar. It is originally a cante of Jerez and its melody is clearly different from the melodies of Soleá even though many professionals and aficionados cannot distinguish it from Soleá.
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