I don't think that's entirely accurate. For example, if the rhythmic pattern consistently emphasized the 3rd beat over the 1st beat, you'd get rock 'n roll.
I would say that tango needs a predominate emphasis on the 1st beat. There could be an emphasis on another beat, but it's used for variation. Trini de Pittsburgh P.S. I found a video on practicing contemporary rhythm today that brought to mind Piazzolla. It talks about changing meters. I'm not a music expert but it strikes me that that is what Piazzolla does. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zZavoVj6rk&feature=related --- On Tue, 6/8/10, Tango22 <[email protected]> wrote: Each phrase has its own accents according to the melody, so the rhythm of tango is not a fixed rhythmic pattern anymore. _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
