# Almoraima guitar solo > The guitar solo on Almoraima by Paco de Lucía (1976). From the album Almoraima. Watch from the solo, plus the story and gear. Canonical URL: Paco de Lucía, 1976, from *Almoraima*. Solo by *Paco de Lucía*. A bulería with Arabic flavor and a bouzouki-like sound; one of his best-known compositions. Almoraima is a bulería with an Arabic flavour, and Paco de Lucía plays it with a sharp, bright tone that at times recalls a bouzouki. The piece moves through a series of falsetas, each built on the twelve-beat bulería cycle yet full of melodic turns that point toward North Africa and the eastern Mediterranean. His rhythmic control is remarkable: dense runs land exactly on the accents, then give way to crisp rasgueado. It became one of his best-known compositions and a touchstone for players exploring flamenco's Moorish echoes. Listen for the ornamented melodic lines between the rhythmic passages, where the guitar seems to sing in a different scale from the one you expect. Almoraima by Paco de Lucía is featured in our Flamenco (#3) list. The solo is played by Paco de Lucía and the song was released in 1976. ## In our lists - [Beyond the Canon](https://greatestsolos.com/list/beyond-the-canon/) — #20 - [The 25 Greatest Flamenco Guitar Recordings](https://greatestsolos.com/list/flamenco/) — #3 - [The Best Paco de Lucía Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/paco-de-lucia-guitar-solos/) — #5 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Almoraima? Paco de Lucía played the solo on Paco de Lucía's Almoraima (1976). --- GreatestSolos ranks the greatest guitar solos by consensus across published lists. Agent guide: [llms.txt](https://greatestsolos.com/llms.txt) · [Sitemap](https://greatestsolos.com/sitemap.xml) · [Dataset (CSV)](https://greatestsolos.com/data/greatest-guitar-solos.csv) · [How we rank](https://greatestsolos.com/method/)