Fortunately we don’t seem to have dancers who are dogmatic about the music, so
I will mix instrumentals and vocal in a tanda. For me, it is more important to
let guests know in advance what to expect than to do requests for alternative
music. We advertise Classic Tango. People attend because
A couple of observations to add to the mix. Joaquin Amenabar, in his workshops
on dancing to Tango music notes that instrumentals are more complex, played in
5 parts, whilst vocal tangos tend to be simpler, played in 2 parts. From
memory he prefers the more complex instrumentals for that
Thanks for everyone's comments on this. To take it in another direction - I
guess I was also surprised that local DJ's would so readily dismiss - even
denigrate - the musical preferences of some people. If it is known that
some don't like dancing to vocals, should the DJ spring one on unsuspecting
What I don't understand about the milongueros who don't dance to music
with vocals, does this mean they only dance to music they recognize? Is
it possible to know all of the hundreds (1000s?) of danceable,
golden-age selections to know which ones contain vocals, or do they have
to sit out a
