Joe, > Jake: > > > -- Understanding of what the word "arrastre" means (in the music) > I hope you will explain this fourth "skill" so that I can start > working towards my minimum qualifcations. > Use your ears. It's in every song. It's where that feckless drum-roll in ballroom "tango" music comes from.
Don't listen to mp3s. Lossy compression often reduces it drastically. > Is it when the bass player does one of those ascending glissandos? > It is not always ascending, nor always a glissando. > Or is it when the violinists scrape their fingers across the strings below > the bridge? > Nope. > Or is it when the pianist runs his hand up and down the keys? > Nope. > Or is it when the bandoneons drag their chairs across the stage prior to the > concert? > Nope. Translate as "slur." > Gosh -- do all the qualified instructors really know this one? > According to me, yes. These are MY minimum qualifications, as I specified. Jake _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
