This is exactly my complaint with the "Argentine Tango" danced on "Dancing with the Stars." It's been orchestrated to match the slow-slow-quick-quick-slow of ballroom (international) style. I remember two seasons ago Derek and Kim danced Taquito Militar but it's not the version you would hear at milongas. It was difficult to recognize. AT doesn't follow a specific cadence which is why DiSarli, Pugliese, Tanturi, Fresedo orchestras all sound differently, but they are play tangos.
Michael I danced Argentine Tango --with the Argentines ----- Original Message ----- From: "Trini y Sean (PATangoS)" <[email protected]> To: "Tango-L" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2010 8:24 PM Subject: Re: [Tango-L] Recognizing Tango Music --- On Thu, 6/10/10, Myk Dowling <[email protected]> wrote: > (PATangoS) wrote: > > But, Myk, would it be wrong, though, for a tango to have a specific > > rhythm? It could be very boring, but > couldn't it still be defined as a tango? It strikes me that older pieces > would have had a repetitive structure. > > > > It's not that it would be "wrong", it's that it wouldn't be tango. If you > put a tango melody to a cha cha rhythm, you > get a cha cha. If you put it to a rock n' roll rhythm, you get a rock n' > roll tune. If you put it to a samba rhythm, > you get a samba. Dance music is defined by its rhythm. Except for tango, > which is (fairly poorly) defined by its > lack of one. > Let me try to clarify. If a tango melody played straight through to a specific rhythm of 1-3-1-&3-4, for example, just to pull some numbers out of the air, wouldn't it still be a tango, even if the rhythm is repetitive? Or are you saying that it would have to have some other variation? And if so, why do you say that. Trini _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
