Phil, You appear to be saying that if the tempo of a vals is slow enough, then it is no longer a vals (and then becomes a "Tango Waltz", or something). Am I understanding you correctly? I thought that Vals is the Spanish word for the english word Waltz. In any case, tangos do not have a 3/4 tempo. Vals or Waltzes do, (although I must confess that I actually feel most vals with a 6/8 tempo, rather then a 3/4 tempo).
http://www.merriam-webster.com/spanish/vals David _______________________________________________ Phil Seyer professionalsguild at gmail.com Mon Oct 26 00:46:22 EDT 2009 Regarding slow tango waltz, Mary Menz alerted me to A Las Cinco de la Girlada http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdyVrmBOURs Thanks Mary! _______________________________________________ Phil Seyer professionalsguild at gmail.com Wed Oct 21 21:43:42 EDT 2009 . . . When I called this to the attention of the organizer of the milonga some time later, she explained to me that it was a vals. I had to explain to her that it was definitely not a vals because it was much too slow for that. . . . Has anyone else heard a *slow* tango sounding tune with 3 very slow beats per measure? How did you dance to it? What are your thoughts? Phil Seyer _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
