Cante jondo

Cante jondo is a vocal style in flamenco, an unspoiled form of Andalusian folk music. The name means "deep song" in Spanish, with hondo ("deep") spelled with J as a form of eye dialect, because traditional Andalusian pronunciation has retained an aspirated H lost in other forms of Spanish.

The common traditional classification of flamenco music divides it into three groups, of which the deepest, most serious forms are known as cante jondo.