In some dance shows for the stage, though, it is accompanied by percussion played with the compás of siguiriya.
The percussion instruments chosen for this are frequently a hammer and anvil, to evocate the origins of this palo, attributed to Gypsy smiths.
It is not probable, though, that they were real work songs: they demand too much effort and faculties to be sung while carrying out a heavy task like that of a smith.
The stanza of the martinete is the cuarteta romanceada: four eight-syllable lines, rhyming in assonance abcb.
Carceleras are usually considered a subclassification of martinetes, with prison as the subject matter of their lyrics.