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Re: [TANGO-L] Question on Alternative Music
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- Subject: Re: [TANGO-L] Question on Alternative Music
- From: Trini or Sean - PATangoS <patangos @YAHOO.COM>
- Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 10:50:51 -0700
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Oh, dear. Guess I will have to get my musician
friends to help me hear the difference with 4/8 time.
I keep associating Candombe with milonga, but I will
have to listen more closely.
Could you be more specific about De Caro? One of the
areas I would eventually like to learn is the "tricks"
of the different orchestras.
Thanks,
Trini
--- Bruno <romerob @TELUSPLANET.NET> wrote:
> My 2 cents:
>
> Julio de Caro was credited with changing the tango
> music but keeping the
> essence of tango. At the end he overdid it, and lost
> popularity.
>
> How does one keep the essence of tango in evolving
> music, so that it is
> considered tango music at least for dancing?
>
> Some tango dancers has come up with criteria for
> music: music with a walking
> beat, which could be danced to tango music.
> Recently, in perusing at the
> history of candombe and tango I have read that if
> one superimposes tango or
> milonga on top of Candombe music it will fit in
> nicely. This is because the
> rhythmical phrase of candombe consists of two (2)
> measures (compases) in 4/8
> time. The small drum of candombe called "El chico"
> has a fixed rhythm,
> whereas another drum called "el repique" acts as
> improviser of rhythms.
>
> Perhaps, another way to gauge non-tango music for
> dancing would be to pass
> the candombe test mentioned above.
>
> Regards,
>
> Bruno
>
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