Flamenco Compás "Clock"

Bounce Metronome Feature:
Pro Version Only

Flamenco Compás "Clock"
/n (3D bounce, drumsticks, inside oval)

What is it?

The Flamenco Compás "Clock" plays a twelve note rhythm accented as 6/8 alternating with 3/4 with eighth notes (quavers). This is also the rhythm of the song "America" in West Side Story.

What can you do?

You can use this to practice 12 beat Flamenco rhythms. The bounces help you to keep in time and hit the beats exactly and the "clock" like layout helps you to keep track of your position in the rhythm at any time as you practice.

Bounce Metronome Pro can also play 3 and 4 beat Rhythms with accents wherever you like, so you can practice those Flamenco rhythms as well.

3 + 2 + 3 / 4 type
Visuals
Cue Note
Background
Who is it for?

3 + 2 + 3 / 4 type

Videos - a taste of what you can do with Bounce Metronome Pro.

Flamenco Compás Clock syncopated

Flamenco Compás sixteenth notes and gradually changing tempo

Where do I find it in Bounce Metronome:

Pick ‘Flamenco Compás "Clock"’ from the drop-down list in the main window

Do you want to see more of these? See >Video gallery with more videos.

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Visuals

The Flamenco view is set up to show the twelve beat Flamenco "Clock" layout as balls bouncing inside an oval.

Also it shows the beats numbered starting at 12 at the top of the clock for the start of the measure as is traditional in Flamenco music.

The 3D view, the splashes and bounce squash effects are more than just "eye candy". They are carefully thought out and designed to help you to see the start of each beat easily and precisely with just a glance, as you practise.

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Cue Note

Since different Flamenco rhythms start at different places in the "clock", you can add an extra ball to bounce on the 1, 11, or 8 (or wherever you like) as a cue for where to start the measure.

Cue for 8

Cue for 11

Cue for 1

Where do I find it in Bounce Metronome:

Just select the preset with the cue note you need from a drop list in the main window. Or if you need any other cue notes you can make similar rhythms yourself with music notation.

Do you want to see more of these? See >Video gallery with more videos.

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Background

The song "America" and its background in Mexican and Puerto Rican music

The song "America" in West Side Story is marked "Tempo di Huapango" (link to pdf) - and derives from Mexican dances such as the "Huapango de mariachi" combined with Puerto Rican rhythms. Related to the Son Jaliscience which has this 3/4 alternating with 6/8. The Mexican dances come originally from Spain, so that's a connection with the origins of Flamenco.

Flamenco Rhythms

Bounce Metronome only has the basic Flamcone Compas at present, so if you want special help with the otherrhythms with a metornome you will need other programs. Where Bounce Metronome scores is that it shows the 12 note "clock" which is the basis for the other rhythms, and shows the beats visually in a particularly clear and precise way, which makes it much easier to keep in time with the metronome.

I plan to add some of the other rhythms to Bounce Metronome later on (see this discussion at foro flamenco (scroll down to see discussion of bounce metronome's Flamenco metronome)..Do get in touch with me if particularly interested in this. (Note that all updates of Bounce Metronome are free.)