The musicians use counts when they identify the type of music. Tango is 4/4, Vals is 3/4.
They use counts when they learn to play, and the most leaders do some form of counting 1 -- 2-- 3 -- 4 when they start the orchestra playing. Even purely improvisational musicians such as Jazz artists usually do some form of this. Tango is built upon a typical 8 bar (measure) harmonic cadence (chord progression) so it is built upon major units of 4x8=32 beats. I find, the most common pieces that lend themselves to movement tend to be units of 2,4,8,16,32 beats, or half, one two four and 8 measures Some find it useful to understand the structure of the music so they can explore the possibilities that the structure presents. Do I count when I dance? No. Do I count when I practice? sometimes Do I count when I learn? Yes _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
