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Re: [TANGO-L] Question on Alternative Music



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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