Golpe has multiple meanings, as described below:
* In music, golpe can mean
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golpe (guitar technique)
Golpe is mostly used in flamenco guitar. It is a finger tap on the golpeador
A pickguard (also known more correctly as scratchplate) is a piece of plastic or other (often laminated) material that is placed on the body of a guitar, mandolin or s ...
is a
Flamenco guitar
A flamenco guitar is a guitar similar to a classical guitar but with thinner tops and less internal bracing. It usually has nylon strings, like the classical guitar, but it generally possesses a livelier, more gritty sound compared to the cl ...
technique where one uses the fingers to tap on the soundboard of the guitar, from the Spanish ''golpe'', meaning to strike;
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golpe (cuatro pattern), the percussive strummed patterns of the
cuatro.
* In politics, golpe can mean a
coup d'état
A coup d'état (; French for 'stroke of state'), also known as a coup or overthrow, is a seizure and removal of a government and its powers. Typically, it is an illegal seizure of power by a political faction, politician, cult, rebel group, ...
, from the Spanish term ''golpe de estado''.
* In heraldry, golpe is a purple (purpure)
roundel
A roundel is a circular disc used as a symbol. The term is used in heraldry, but also commonly used to refer to a type of national insignia used on military aircraft, generally circular in shape and usually comprising concentric rings of diffe ...
.
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