The question is not dumb, because most djs play "El lloron" as a milonga. The score is written as "Tango" and not even as "Tango Milonga". The structure of the bass line is "long-short-short" that is close but different than the milonga rhythm which is "longer-very short-short-short". The melody line has some bars in a milonga pattern. The song can be interpreted as a milonga, but the Canaro/Fama version is IMHO not a milonga. It can be dansed as a milonga but it does not have the clear milonga feeling like "milonga de Buenos Aires" or "Milonga criolla" by Canaro.
Cheers Andy Am 26.08.2010 09:58 schrieb Jack Dylan : > Please forgive me if this is a dumb question, but I've received conflicting > information. > > Is 'El Lloron' by Canaro/Fama a milonga or a tango? > > Thanks, > Jack > > _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
