In a message dated 12/21/08 7:01:57 PM Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes:
<< Isn't it that if he dances on the 12 & 3, he's doing the synchopa? If he dances on the 6 and the 6, he's dancing synchopated. >> Pablo Aslan, the bass player from Avantango, and The New York - Buenos Aires Connection explained it to me as stepping on the 1, or the 2, or the 3, or the 4 would be double time In tango and milonga we step on the 1 and the 3. The down beat. Accent on the 1 Stepping on the 2 and the 4 are the up beats In milonga there is a mark between the 2 and the 3. Sycopa or said a different way a 1/4 note I like to tell my students a sycopa is a Quicker, quick, slow step not a quick, quick, slow step To many people dance slows and quick's (whole notes and half notes) but never 1/4 notes, which we all need to do for a sycopa 1 2 , 3 4 Timmy in Cleveland<BR><BR><BR>**************<BR>One site keeps you connected to all your email: AOL Mail, Gmail, and Yahoo Mail. Try it now. (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000025)</HTML>
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