The bandolá is a type of flamenco singing, considered within the style of the cantes derived from the verdiales.[1]
Originally from Vélez-Málaga, bandolás appear when the verdiales lose their danceable character and also the accompaniment of the musicians. The interpretation is performed by a solo singer with a slower rhythm and accompanied only by a guitar. Its rhythm corresponds to the Spanish bolero.[2]
Some authors consider that the bandolá is the common trunk of the cantes de Málaga, and that from it derive the rondeñas,[3] the jabegote, the jabera and the malagueña itself, as well as the fandangos abandolaos and cantes personales, such as those of Juan Breva,[4] and the granaínas of Frasquito Yerbagüena.