[Tango-L] What's the difference between a tango and a milonga?

[steve pastor]

So, Megan, maybe play one as the last song in a tanda sometimes? It woud give us the option to try and dance to something slightly different, but with only a one song commitment. Could be fun.  
  

Megan Pingree <meganpingree at comcast.net> wrote:
  Thank you, Ming Mar, for asking the same question that I asked on the 
DJ list (without response). I was beginning to wonder if I was the 
only one.

The reason I asked is b/c I DJ, and I like to put together fairly 
cohesive tandas. But with the apparently widespread uncertainty re 
exactly how milongas, tango milongas and candombes are different, I 
have felt as tho my decisions were rather arbitrary.

I appreciate the information about the structure (ABA vs AB), the 
confirmations that it's not just the speed of tango as compared to 
milonga. and that drums are a big clue that it's candombe, and the 
clarification that the milonga from which tango derived is different 
from what we know as milonga today.

For you dancers out there: what do you like?

For you DJs out there: Do you play candombe tandas? Do you mix 
candombe with milonga in a set? I have been avoiding what sounds to 
me like candombe all together b/c I don't like a whole tanda of them, 
and I am not thrilled with mixing them with milonga b/c they do feel 
different and require a mid-tanda adjustment that may not feel good 
to dancers.

When it comes to tango milonga vs milonga, I have been just going by 
the "feel" of it. For example, I could put Canaro's La Cara de La 
Luna (~78bpm) into a set of snappy tangos (tho now that I look, I see 
that I don't really have enough in that range to make a good tanda), 
and the QP version (~92bpm) into a set of milongas.

seems reasonable? irresistible? :-)
Megan


On Jan 30, 2007, at 5:24 AM, Jeff Gaynor wrote:

> Excellent response Tom! Getting good information is a bit hit or 
> miss and I'm glad you set me straight on the background.
> I learn more things on this list... :o> Jeff
>
> Tom Stermitz wrote:
>
>> Prior to the 1900s existed a dance/music/rhythm called milonga, out
>> of which tango developed. Modern milongas are something very
>> different from that pre-tango milonga.
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