On 11/06/10 08:16, Trini y Sean (PATangoS) wrote: > But, Myk, would it be wrong, though, for a tango to have a specific rhythm? > It could be very boring, but couldn't it still be defined as a tango? It > strikes me that older pieces would have had a repetitive structure. >
It's not that it would be "wrong", it's that it wouldn't be tango. If you put a tango melody to a cha cha rhythm, you get a cha cha. If you put it to a rock n' roll rhythm, you get a rock n' roll tune. If you put it to a samba rhythm, you get a samba. Dance music is defined by its rhythm. Except for tango, which is (fairly poorly) defined by its lack of one. As an example of changing the style of a tune by changing its rhythm, check out the swinger - a python program that takes any tune in 4/4 and turns it into a swing tune by stretching and shrinking alternate beats. http://musicmachinery.com/2010/05/21/the-swinger/ Myk, in Canberra _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list Tango-L@mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
