Flamenco singing

Hola..
I think you can find a lot in youtube....
the only things i know about flamenco are that the singing is called "cante" and the playing of "guitarra flamenca" it is called "toque"

Hola John!
Muchas gracias por tus comentarios!...(sorry about the "wierd" word...i`ll never forget it now! thanks!)...

And yes, your guess was right!...the word "cantar" means "to sing" and "canto" or "cante" reffers to the sing itself...hmm let me see if i can explain...in english "you sing a song" in spanish you can either "cantar una cancion" or "cantar un canto"....so, "un canto" is "a song" or "a singing"...now, the "cante" (with an "e") it is a specific word that only reffers to the action of singing..but no only singing any song...it has to be a flamenco song....

READ THIS I GOT IT FROM WIKIPEDIA:
"The cante flamenco (flamenco song) is one of the three main components of flamenco, along with toque (playing the guitar) and baile (dance). Because the dancer is front and center in a flamenco performance, foreigners often assume the dance is the most important aspect of the art form - but in fact, it is the cante which is the heart and soul of the genre".

You can read the rest here...it has a lot of cool info about the types of "cantes"...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cante_flamenco

Now...in english we use "play" to either define a "kid playing with a toy" or "a man playing a guitar"...in english we have 2 word..."jugar" (for the kid playing) and "tocar" (which has a lot of uses, one is "touch" as in "Me estoy tocando la nariz"...Im touching my nose" or to define someone who plays a musical instrument..."Yo estoy tocando la guitarra"...im playing the guitar...

Now about the verbs, well for me it is a little bit difficult to explain it, but in practice is not really that hard...a lot of verbs , just by adding "se" to the end of it, adds the "myself" to it!!! take any verb, even if it doesnt make any sense..for example:

"Comer" (to eat) if you add "se" it would turn to "Comerse" and it means "to eat myself" or "oneself "(i dont know if "oneself" word exists haha)...yes! i know it doesnt make sense but if you add the word to a complete sentence it can become something like:


"El no pudo comerse toda la pizza porque era demasiada"...
He could not ate the whole pizza because it was a whole lot" (or something similar).

If i find any other info regarding this topic i will let you know, the thing is im not really an expert on grammar haha but im pleased to help someone who really wants to learn my beautyfull language, it is an honor! hehe..

By the way Scotland in spanish is called "Escocia" and they say "Escocia es un pais muy bonito e interesante" ...i hope someday i could visit Europe ...maybe next, who knows! ...
Mucha suerte!!! y gracias nuevamente por tus comentarios!

Thanks John!!! I know i need to master my english! hahaha maybe ill sign up for "Rocket English" , dont worry any help i cant get is appreciated!!!
Considering that english is not my first language i think im not that bad, but i still get some mistakes :S!!! but well that is a part of learning!!!...

PS:
This is my sueños...would be..."Es mi sueño"..
And "pais" has a masculine gender, so when talking about a certain "pais" it should be "Es un pais muy bonito" with an "o", but if you only talk about "Escocia" without adding the "pais" then it is feminine!...."Escocia es muy bonita"...

saludos desde Tijuana Mexico, buenas noches!

This is a TV Station from southern Spain and there are a lot of programmes with Flamenco. There's a show called Se Llama Copla that has Flamenco singing and I believe it's on everyday.

http://www.canalsuralacarta.es/directo/ver/andalucia-television

This radio station plays non-stop Flamenco.

http://www.canalsuralacarta.es/directo/ver/flamenco-radio


Hope you find what you're looking for. Just remember that Google is your friend. xD

!Buena suerte!