[Tango-L] types of valses?

[Tango Tango]

Most people would not consider a Boston to be part of tango and the
Waldteufel-waltzes Canaro recorded are really a novelty. I've never heard
them played at a milonga. Rodriguez recorded EVERYTHING, so he does not
represent a straight lineage of tango.

To the Vals and Vals-Boston, you can add Mazurka, Java and Redova. All are
3/4.

I have some Vals-Rancheras that are 3/4 and some that are 4/4 (so then is it
still a waltz or is it a bolero?) Some switch between 3/4 and 4/4.

The answer to your question is: You know it when you hear it.

-Kinda like the difference between contemporary zydeco and contemporary
cajun. You can't define it in terms of instrumentation or score but you hear
the difference immediately.

Neil

On 2/22/07, anfractuoso anfractuoso <anfractuoso at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello everybody,
>
> I hope there is some interest in this, more musical, type of a question. I
> did try to search the archives on this subject but could not find anything
> useful.
>
> How many types (sub-classes) of vals exist in tango and how do they differ
> from each other?
>
> For example, there is "vals boston". What is it in terms of what is
> different from a regular vals?
>
> Some other are more obvious - e.g. "vals viennese" (my designation) is a
> tango vals that emulates a viennese waltz in certain characteristic
> features. Examples exist by the Canaro and Rodriguez orchestras.
>
> I am interested in real sub-classes of vals that one can identify based on
> systematic features, and I am also interested in the different sub-classes
> as labelled on sheet music. What I mean by this distinction is that
> sometimes the sheet music labels do not mean anything different, sometimes
> they do.
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