[Tango-L] Musicality. What is it?

[Chris, UK]

Huck wrote:

> don't waste your money on so-called "musicality classes."

Indeed. Musicality classes are about as much use as gorgeousicality classes or 
tallicality classes ;)

If you have even a modicum of feeling for the music, you're disqualified as a 
musicality class student.

And as a musicality class teacher. No-one having a good relationship with the 
music could truly believe such can be taught in a class. Hence the field left 
clear for the armies of show-and-tell teachers whose instruction usurps the 
music as the foundation of the dance and instils that "aimless, boring 
noodling" pseudo-dancing even in learners that did start out from the music.

Students, just say No.

> mindlessly aping the people who can is not going to help you 
> much 10 minutes after the class is over and there is nobody 
> who knows what they're doing to ape anymore

And careful with that axe, Huck - one swing could fell an entire army...

--
Chris

PS A video of Osvaldo Pugliese playing "Chique" at the Teatro Colón: 
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ti-IC38M7x8