Flamenco Rumba is a style of Flamenco

Flamenco

Flamenco is a genre of music and dance which has its foundation in Andalusian music and dance and in whose evolution Andalusian Gypsies played an important part....

 music

Music

Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...

 from Spain

Spain

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. Its style derives from the influence of Afro-Cuban Rumba

Cuban Rumba

In Cuban music, Rumba is a generic term covering a variety of musical rhythms and associated dances. The rumba has its influences in the music brought to Cuba by Africans brought to Cuba as slaves as well as Spanish colonizers...

 brought back from Cuba to Spain in the 19th century but it is played with guitar

Guitar

The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

s and hand clapping

Clapping

A clap is the sound made by striking together two flat surfaces, as in the body parts of humans or animals. Humans clap with the palms of their hands, often in a constant drone to express appreciation or approval , but also in rhythm to match sounds in music and dance...

, some body slaps and castanet

Castanet

Castanets are a percussion instrument , used in Moorish, Ottoman, ancient Roman, Italian, Spanish, Sephardic Music, and Portuguese music. The instrument consists of a pair of concave shells joined on one edge by a string. They are held in the hand and used to produce clicks for rhythmic accents or...

s, while the Cuban one uses drum

Drum

The drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments, which is technically classified as the membranophones. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a shell and struck, either directly with the player's hands, or with a...

s and claves

Claves

Claves are a percussion instrument , consisting of a pair of short Claves (Anglicized pronunciation: clah-vays, IPA:[ˈklαves]) are a percussion instrument (idiophone), consisting of a pair of short Claves (Anglicized pronunciation: clah-vays, IPA:[ˈklαves]) are a percussion instrument (idiophone),...

. However, modern performers (guitarists and dance groups) such as Paco de Lucia

Paco de Lucía

Paco de Lucía, born Francisco Sánchez Gómez , is a Spanish virtuoso flamenco guitarist and composer. He is considered by many to be one of the finest guitarists in the world and the greatest guitarist of the flamenco genre...

 and Tomatito

Tomatito

José Fernández Torres, known as Tomatito , is a Spanish Romani flamenco guitarist. He grew up in a musical family, including two uncles: Niño Miguel, a flamenco guitarist, and Antonio, a professional guitarist....

 have incorporated congas and cajon

Cajón

A cajón is a box-shaped percussion instrument originally from Peru, played by slapping the front face with the hands.-Origins and evolution:...

 to the percussion section as well as handclapping but have not prominently featured the clave.

History

Rumba Flamenca became very popular in Catalonia in the 1950s and 60's with pop stars like Peret

Peret

Pere Pubill Calaf , known as Peret, is a Catalan Spanish Romaní singer, guitar player and composer, and the main representative of Catalan Rumba. Peret is known for the song Borriquito, and he represented Spain at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1974 and performed at the Olympic Games in Barcelona...

, Carmen Amaya

Carmen Amaya

Carmen Amaya was a flamenco dancer and singer, of gypsy origin, born in the Somorrostro slum of Barcelona, Spain, nowadays....

 and El Pescailla, generating a sub-style called Rumba Catalana. It is also very popular in the Camargue region of France, home of Manitas de Plata

Manitas de Plata

Manitas de Plata . is a French Gitano flamenco guitarist.-Life:He was born in a Gypsy caravan in Sète in southern France...

, José Reyes

José Reyes

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 & Los Reyes

Los Reyes

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 and the Gipsy Kings

Gipsy Kings

The Gipsy Kings are a group of musicians from Arles and Montpellier, who perform in Spanish with an Andalucían accent. Although group members were born in France, their parents were mostly gitanos, Spanish Romani people who fled Catalonia during the 1930s Spanish Civil War. Chico Bouchikhi is of...

. In recent years, Rumba flamenca has become increasingly popular in the United States and other parts of the world. Armik

Armik

Armik is an Iranian-Armenian flamenco guitarist and composer.Armik was born in Iran of Armenian descent. When he was just seven years old, he pawned his watch for a classical guitar, which he hid and practiced in his basement. At 12, he was a professional recording artist...

, Ottmar Liebert

Ottmar Liebert

Ottmar Liebert is a German-born composer and guitarist, born to a Chinese-German father and a Hungarian mother. As a child, he spent most of his time traveling Europe and Asia with his family...

, Wayne Wesley Johnson, Miguel "Mito" de Soto, Novamenco, Strunz & Farah, Shahin & Sephre, and Willie & Lobo

Willie & Lobo

Willie & Lobo is a World Music musical duet composed of Willie Royal and Wolfgang "Lobo" Fink . Meeting in 1983, Willie & Lobo produced 10 albums before disbanding in early 2007.-History:...

 have all gained fame for playing music based loosely on rumba flamenca. A hybrid musical form, Flamenco Rumba is so distantly removed from traditional flamenco that it is often considered a separate form entirely.

Music theory

The tempo of Rumba Flamenca is slower than other, (at approx 100-120bpm) more traditional flamenco styles such as Bulerias

Bulerias

Bulería is a fast flamenco rhythm in 12 beats with emphasis in two general forms as follows:1 2 [3] 4 5 [6] 7 [8] 9 [10] 11 [12]or...

 and Fandango

Fandango

Fandango is a lively couple's dance, usually in triple metre, traditionally accompanied by guitars and castanets or hand-clapping . Fandango can both be sung and danced. Sung fandango is usually bipartite: it has an instrumental introduction followed by "variaciones"...

. There are 4 beats per bar. Accent the 2nd and 4th beats.