The modulations and melismas that define the flamenco type can
come from Islamic single-stringed singings, but others attribute
this creation to gypsy people coming from India. The first ones
to arrive in Spain were uan and Tomas also called Counts from
the Minor Egypt, when the king Juan II from Aragon granted them
a passing bond. Precisely from the name "Minor Egypt" will
emerge the world "Gypsy" and the arrival in Andalusia is dated
in 1465, November 22. The first document describing a gypsy
woman and a gypsy man dancing is written by Miguel de Cervantes,
on his work piece "La Gitanill", in 1613. We cannot forget the
existing culture when the "Gypsies" arrived, the psalmodies in
the Jewish culture, the Mulsim singings, the traditional
Mozarabic songs. We think that the first "palo" was "la tona",
this singing was not accompanied by a guitar, neither danced and
it came from Cadiz, Jerez de la Frontera and Triana. One of the
problems of Flamenco is that its history is passed on orally til
years 1900. We have