[Tango-L] types of valses?

[anfractuoso anfractuoso]

Thank you very much, that's great info I will try to follow up on.

I did know that what the artists designate not always corresponds to a
systematic classification of musical forms based on real differences
(or maybe that's putting it mildly).

Cheers

On 2/22/07, Tango Tango <tangotangotango at gmail.com> wrote:
> Check out the great Musette artists like Gus Viseur, Tony Murena, Emile
> Vacher and Menard Ferrero from the mid-20 to the late 30s. They play Valse,
> Valse-Boston, Java and Mazurka all with accent on the first.
>
> Racheras come in 2/4 3/4 and 4/4. I have recordings of 4/4 songs that are
> designated by the artist as 'Vals-Ranchera'. The score is very different
> from a Ranchera-Bolero with the bajo-sexto being very syncopated, something
> that could explain why they call it a waltz.
>
> The artists are not always the most meticulous when it comes to analysing
> what they do. -Thank god.
>
> Neil