[Tango-L] milonga walking tempo versus tango

2011-10-01 Thread Robert Dodier
I apologize in advance for any mistakes in musical terminology. If you see something wrong, feel free to fix it. It was pointed out that the typical walking tempo for dancing to tango music corresponds to 1/4 notes (for music written in 2/4 time). That made me wonder about milonga. I had an

Re: [Tango-L] milonga walking tempo versus tango

2011-10-01 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
Depends on the milonga, Robert. Dance to some and you really only feel like walking on the ONE. I like to think of milonga as having more beats that you can play with than tango, but the speed of it isn't really any faster, at least for a dancer, for the most part. --- On Sat, 10/1/11,