[Tango-L] Time signatures in tango music?
Hello everyone, I was wondering could you help me understand time signatures in tango music? Is it 2/4, 4/4, 4/8 or...? ___ Tango-L mailing list Tango-L@mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
Re: [Tango-L] Time signatures in tango music?
A simple google search (or Tango-L search) would have, among others, yielded http://pythia.uoregon.edu/~llynch/Tango-L/2001/msg02011.html Do take a look! === seek, appreciate, and create beauty this life is not a rehearsal === From: Zpetrovic zpetro...@cooltoad.com To: tango-L@mit.edu Sent: Thu, October 8, 2009 11:34:11 AM Subject: [Tango-L] Time signatures in tango music? Hello everyone, I was wondering could you help me understand time signatures in tango music? Is it 2/4, 4/4, 4/8 or...? ___ Tango-L mailing list Tango-L@mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l ___ Tango-L mailing list Tango-L@mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
[Tango-L] Observations on Nuevo
Romero always brings interesting tango historical elements, at this time he brings memories of the book on how to teach tango by Nicanor Lima published in 1916 with which I am familiar. Mr. Lima says that you can use the Tango Choreography, steps or figures to dance to different types of music by adjusting the speed of the dance. This is true for other dances as well, you can do Rumba, Cha-Cha, Fox-trot or tango to the same music, I frequently do that with good results. In summary the tango steps can be danced to almost any music, what varies is the feeling. It is always important to try to preserve the Character of the dance irrespective of the music one is dancing to. Best regards, Sergio _ Your E-mail and More On-the-Go. Get Windows Live Hotmail Free. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/171222985/direct/01/ ___ Tango-L mailing list Tango-L@mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
[Tango-L] To the ladies on Tango-L - What makes for a good dance?
Vince Bagusauskas wrote: More importantly, in the last few days I have been in correspondence with Dierdre which made me take stock on: nuevo, life in BsAs, gringos and the dominance of leaders navel gazing on Tango-L, whereas all she wants is a bloody good dance. Maybe one day Dierdre we can can catch-up and see if I can measure up. This is a good point. I can talk for hours about what it's like as a leader; what I'd like to hear from this list is what I can do to make things more enjoyable for the ladies I dance with. Here's a few questions to start things off. Replies from ladies/followers are particularly desired here. How firm an embrace do you like? There's a big range between a firm hug and a gentle arm resting on your back. What's best, or what circumstances make different options right at the time? Ganchos, colgadas, volcadas, etc - are they fun to be led into? How many in a dance is good? What's better, a dance with lots of changes of direction and swirling around, a dance stepping only forward and side steps, but really following the rhythm, a mix of both, or some other focus? Leaders get to choose the kind of dancing they like to do, and followers pretty much have to make do with what's being offered. So what exactly does make for a bloody good dance? Myk, in Canberra ___ Tango-L mailing list Tango-L@mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
[Tango-L] Time signatures in Tango
As I understand itsince even one of the tango stations, here, in BA, is called 2 por 4.seems there's the answerdnb ___ Tango-L mailing list Tango-L@mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
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[Tango-L] Times signature in tango
Initially,tango was written like the milonga in 2x4. This lasted till approximately 1915. El Porteñito - El esquinazo - are examples of early tangos written in 2x4. They are upbeat, happy, fast. Tango Music has several periods 1895 -1917 is known as La guardia vieja, it is a period of Tango-Milongas . Those early tangos were close to their ancestor : The Milonga. Musicians of that period are Juan Maglio, Vicente Greco, Roberto Firpo, Eduardo Arolas, Julio de Caro. 1917-1924 end of La guardia Vieja till El Tango Cancion. The notation changed to 4x8 . Tangos become calmer,slower and more expresive. This change in notation caused the flute and guitar to be displaced from the orchestras. Tangos are still written in 4x8. Jorge Luis Borges said la música de tango está tan conectada con el mundo rioplatense que cuando un compositor, de cualquier otra parte del mundo, pretende componer un tango «descubre, no sin estupor, que ha urdido algo que nuestros oídos no reconocen, que nuestra memoria no hospeda y que nuestro cuerpo rechaza». Esa característica fuertemente local del tango, imbricada con el ritmo y la musicalidad del lenguaje rioplatense, ha sido reiteradamente señalada. Jorge Luis Borges said Tango music is so connected to the Rio de la Plata world,that when a composer, from any other place in the world, attempts to compose a tango, discovers with astonishment, that he has created something that our ears do not recognize, that our memory does not find,and that our body rejects. This trongly local characteristic of tango music, associated to the rhythm and to the language musicality of that area has been mentioned many times. Sergio _ Hotmail: Free, trusted and rich email service. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/171222984/direct/01/ ___ Tango-L mailing list Tango-L@mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
[Tango-L] Times signature in tango
Sergio wrote: Tangos are still written in 4x8. I am not aware of very many new tangos (that are really tangos and not tango-rock fusion or offshoots of piazzolla) being written at all. What are some examples? - joe ___ Tango-L mailing list Tango-L@mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
[Tango-L] new tangos
Joe you say: I am not aware of very many new tangos (that are really tangos and not tango-rock fusion or offshoots of piazzolla) being written at all. I entirely agree, what i meant is that there is no other notation than 4x4 up to the present time. Tango music is associated so musch with the culture in the Rio de la Plata of earlier periods, that modern Argentines seem to be unable to create tangos like the old ones. What a pity! no? Sergio _ Hotmail: Trusted email with powerful SPAM protection. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/177141665/direct/01/ ___ Tango-L mailing list Tango-L@mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
[Tango-L] Tango Scores
I went to check the scores of many tangos, it looks that all the tangos before 1915 were written in 2x4 the same as the milongas. Aftterwards tangos were written in 4x4 or 4x8 but many in 2x4 as well. 4x8 Que falta que me haces - Musician Armando Pointier 2x4 Malvon - written in 1944 by Osmar Maderna 2x4 Mañana Zarpa un barco ' 1942 ' Lucio De Mare 2x4 Mano a Mano - 1923 - Carlos Gardel 4x8 Maria - 1945 - Anibal Troilo 4x8 Bahia Blanca - Carlos Di sarli - 2x4 El Porteñito 2x4 El Entreriano 2x4 Derecho Viejo Sergio _ Hotmail: Free, trusted and rich email service. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/171222984/direct/01/ ___ Tango-L mailing list Tango-L@mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
