[Tango-L] "Alternative" Music....

[Igor Polk]

I agree with Miles.
For me alternative music is any other music than classical tango I can dance
Tango, Milonga, Canyengue and everything else what comes to mind and have
fun. With the exception of Valtz. I can not dance tango vals to non-tango
valtz music. It just does not go.
That is personal.

But "Alternative music" has another meaning. It is music specially choosen
to suit the style of dancing at alternative milogas - Neo Tango, Nuevo
Milonguero. Mostly it is tailored to the specific style, one of many of
tango styles we know now.

Yes that is true what Sharna Fabiano said that this sort of "Alternative"
music, milongas is mostly tailored to, expected, and attended by young
people, but that does not mean that classical tango is forgotten and no
suitable to young crowd. Many of them just plainly do not know how to dance
to classical tango music ( say Argentinean ). ( Interesting, that their
teachers know very well how to dance classical tango. ) Once they become
familiar with it - they appreciate it.

I guess there are people who think that modern sounds in modern
"alternative" music can smooth pop- and rock- and rap- accustomed youngsters
to the reachness of classical tango ( which is similar to classical music -
no one said that it is "obsolete" and "too old" ).
I do not know. May be..

Igor.

Some notes to students.
1. Tango has specific rhythm and feel. You can not learn real tango to
non-tango music. It is impossible. It the same that you can not learn Waltz
to non waltz music, you can not learn Salsa to non-Salsa music. If you learn
and dance to non-Tango music - it is not tango. Exactly. "Evolution". It has
a lot to do with it. New specie is not the old specie. "Evolution" is about
appearance of new species. It is different than "Progress".

It is not the problem that Tango music is old. It is the problem that modern
musicians do not write Tango music ( rather are unable to because of absence
of appropriate musical abilities ). They write something else with some
tango feel.

2. Canyengue is not Milonga. Not even close to.

3. Piazzolla wrote an alternative tango music exactly because he was a
rebel. Otherwise it would be tango music, isn't it?

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Yes Nina, it is not tango. It is Neo Tango, Alternative Tango.
This is not tango, as you can not call a dance Valtz if it is danced to
non-Valtz rhythm.