In early development of Flamenco, gypsies of Andalucia used to perform solo singing without musical accompaniment other than hand-clapping, foot-stamping or some other such means to beat out a rhythm. Singing (Cante) is the center of attraction. Since mid 1900s, Flamenco began to gain popularity in Andalucia, and was presented in special Cafes Cantantes where the clients could eat and drink while enjoying a spectacle of songs and dances. It was inevitable that the guitar was brought in that time for playing solos in Classical music and for providing accompanies in folk music. Some pieces are evolved into dancing and became a major form of expression. Guitar started as an accompanying instrument but gradually developed its position as guitar solo art form through the contribution of Flamenco Guitar masters. Now, guitar is such an integral part of Flamenco and it is hard to believe that Flamenco could ever have existed without it.

Flamenco has gained immeasurably success with its association with the guitar as it provides harmony and rhythm. Indeed, no other instrument has the capacity like the guitar to give simultaneously strong staccato drive to the rhythm and melodic flowing line with parallels the jagged cadences of the Flamenco singer.

While guitar was used as an accompany instrument for Flamenco, it was also inevitable, given the tradition of virtuoso playing among classical guitarists in Spain, that Flamenco guitarists should begin pursuing techniques and sonorities which extended the guitar to the full for Flamenco. Flamenco guitarists like Ramon Montoya looked to classical guitars for certain techniques like Picado, but they also developed there own, like Resgueados in which the fingers straighten out and strike the strings in rapid succession, or the extraordinary effective use of the wrist and thumb to create a rapid rhythmic pulse.