Quick recap. Ron mentioned some ways of educating people on listening to
traditional music. AJ wondered why Ron didn't include live music as a way of
teaching musicality. I responded, giving specific points. I still stand by my
statements. In short,
- it's not feasible for most communities to work with live tango musicians,
- good tango musicians that cater to dancers as opposed to concert-goers are a
relative rarity.
- with tango groups being a rare commodity, dancers are still going to dance to
anything, even if it's bad music, just to be supportive. And if one dances to
bad music,... well...that's just likely to to slow down the learning process.
AJ, you asked why live music isn't mentioned more often. There's your answer.
Sorry if you choose to deny reality for many tango communities.
An accompaniest can be quite useful for teaching musicality in classes. For
every one teacher on the circuit that also uses live music as a teaching aid, I
can name 20 teachers that do not. For many communities, it's not a viable
option.
Some of the musicians that I've worked with that are good and have had a pretty
good understanding of music for dancing are also busy with other projects
because they are talented. I don't blame them for following the money.
Trini de Pittsburgh
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