Melana was composed by Lucio Demare, on a poem by Homero Manzi, in 1941. It's been frequently recorded (and re-issued). Here’s tango.info’s list of...
It's been a long time since I sat down and formally analysed tango music. Life and death got in the way... I'd like to get back at it and I'm...
My father died suddenly a while ago. As the eldest male in the family, and his executor, I have been overwhelmed consoling family and friends and...
Besides being a musician and tango dancer, I have spent most of my professional adult life as a software engineer. Although I was almost totally a PC...
OK, first of all I'm all for experimentation and development of tango - the dance and the music. I enjoy dancing open-embraced and doing "nuevo"...
I have this idea that I'd like to learn to play the bandoneon. Anyone play, or learning to play? If so, where did you get an instrument? Do you take...
any chance of doing a rough analysis of A Evaristo Carriego by Pugliese?; I'm rehearsing a demo with a friend and I'd be interested on your take on...
Well, BTM, here it is... Bahia Blanca, Carlos Di Sarli The sheet music is here: http://www.todotango.com/english/las_obras/partitura.aspx?id=2601...
I am going to provide a musical analysis of El Choclo, composed by Ángel Villoldo in 1903. I’ll first define some musical terms then break the piece...
Any suggestions how to get through this? Many thanks!
Don't mean to "upset the apple cart"...but... If an art (dance) form refers back to its "Golden Era", or how things are done in the geographical...
This was linked in one of the financial blogs I read, about divergent thinking. Nothing to do with dance (or does it?) - just like the content and...
Well, the forum has not been very active recently. So here's a question. Has anyone used visualization exercises to help improve their tango dancing?...
Just wondering what people do (or did) to develop their improvisation skills... Thanks.
To help remove/reduce the "basic 8" from my brain, something I've been working on are the possibilities for movement after the followers's cross....
In my “My Incompetence” thread I was advised to thoroughly learn the follower’s part to know how the follower is likely to respond to my lead, the...
My wife and I are beginners (6 months). Not knowing anything about AT, we started with a nearby studio. We learned sequences in open embrace, with...
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