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 t
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 lot
The Finns are as serious about tango as the Argentines, and their music
is always live and there is always a vocalist. I was once told off by
Kaija Pohjola for standing at the edge of the stage and watching her
instead of dancing. "I sing for people to dance to, so you should be
dancing and not
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
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 reaso
this previous post could have been written by myself verbatim..I agree 1000%
"When I was a beginner, I preferred instrumentals, as I think most beginners
do, but even before I could understand the lyrics I started to
like the songs with vocals more and more. Now I prefer the vocals
(except for t
I love dancing to vocals. I think of the vocal as another insturment playing.
Also when I'm teaching musicality, I use the vocals to clearly show where the
phrase begins and ends
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> On Oct 12, 2015, at 12:09 AM, Shahrukh Merchant
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> I have no idea where anyone go
I have no idea where anyone got the idea that people don't dance to
vocals in Buenos Aires. Not to Gardel, clearly (but then I've yet to
hear Gardel being played at a milonga), but over half of Golden Age
stuff has vocals. And everyone dances to them. And not just in Buenos
Aires--in most milon
ubject: Re: [Tango-L] Vocals and Dancing
I have read elsewhere that traditional “milongueros” in BsAs would dance only
to instrumental music or, at least, preferred it strongly to vocal music.
However, I have nothing to back that up.
Robert
On Oct 10, 2015, at 6:11 PM, Lois Donnay wrote:
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I would like to offer another perspective - instead of thinking to honor
the singer and musicians by dancing to them, perhaps these people feel that
they are honoring them more by just listening. Maybe they *could* dance to
that piece just fine, but they do more to appreciate it by sitting it out
a
I have read elsewhere that traditional “milongueros” in BsAs would dance only
to instrumental music or, at least, preferred it strongly to vocal music.
However, I have nothing to back that up.
Robert
On Oct 10, 2015, at 6:11 PM, Lois Donnay wrote:
> I wrote this on a DJ forum recently: "In B
HI Lois, Yes, I have heard tango dancers say that the singer "gets in the way".
They are in the minority.
I only "get into the dance" once the singer starts.
Although I have no idea what they are saying I feel the passion.
Consequently I tend to play more vocals than instrumentals.
Having said I mu
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