If you want to really understand the structure of Tango I suggest that you purchase the excellent book by Joaquin Amenabar. http://www.joaquinamenabar.com/
Mr Amenabar is touring Germany, Austria, Italy and Lebanon early in 2010, before returning to Australia mid-year. His workshops are very popular and not to be missed for those interested in dancing social Tango at a high level. I doubt that the long wait at the start of each song has anything to do with music. You can't hear a thing during the customary "chatting- up" time. Best wishes, John > Most tangos don't. > > E.g. I just relistened to the last set I played and found intros on > only > 5% of the tangos. I think that's pretty representative of what's > played by > trad DJs in Argentina and Europe. > > Agreed 100%. But you don't start to dance ploughing your way through a > field of still stationary dancers after ANY beat of a song. It comes > from > the floor, not the music. E.g. in packed Lo de Celia people don't > start > moving until after 30-60s, regardless of whether the track has an > intro. > > -- > Chris _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
