I am interested in what terminology people use to refer to the tango walking beat. I'd like to find terms that are precise but which don't create unnecessary confusion.
By the "tango walking beat", I mean the natural walking beat that usually has a speed of about 1 beat per second, that appears in the usual "caminata". I want to distinguish it from the faster (double speed) beat that appears in the "corrida". I have heard some people talk about "slow" and "quick". I am interested in more precise terms than this. An obvious possibility would be to borrow terms from musical theory - "half note", "quarter note" or "eighth note" (or minim, crotchet, quaver if you are not from the US, or blanca, negra, corchea if you prefer Spanish...) My question is: of those of you that are familiar with the terms "half note/minim" and "quarter note/crotchet", which would you associate with the normal tango walking beat? Is it a half note or a quarter note or something else? Jamie _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
