[Tango-L] Can we please just dance?

[Andy Ungureanu]

Deby Novitz schrieb:
> Arrghhh all this arguing about syncopation, doubletime, triple time, 
> makes me crazy.  Vals is the most difficult of the rhythms to dance 
> simply because it changes rhythms and is not consistent.  Once you learn 
> to understand the music (which does not mean learning dictionary 
> meanings of words used to describe beats or rhythms) your body should 
> naturally move to the music with the change of the cadencia.
>   
If you understand the music you can explain it. If you want to explain 
it, you need words. Even when you demonstrate something with the help of 
an instrument you need words to name it. Musicians have no problem with 
names, the dancers have problems because they don't know the names and 
don't care to learn them correctly.
What you mean is like learning to swim without instructor. There are 
gifted people who can feel the music, others learn to feel it after 
years, some will never learn it. But almost everybody learn it quicker 
if they get a good explanation.
By the way, could you explain what argentines mean by "cadencia"? I 
suspect they mean the phrase, or simply rhythm like in "Silueta portena" 
'marcas compases de cadencias melodiosas de una milonga juguetona y 
callejera.' while "cadence" has a well defined meaning in music theory 
which does not fit to the way it is used here.

Andy