[Tango-L] Acanyegado

[Carol Shepherd]

Very cool.

Bob, do you actually see "canyengue" this direction written out in tango 
sheet music (to the extent that one actually sees any original scores)? 
  Or is it the way the music is labeled after recording, ie, for 
listening or for dancing consumption (ie "In the Mood" is IIRC a 
"quickstep" on the 78, even though it obviously "swings").

We had a similar discussion on a lindy hop board about the 'swung note'. 
  All the "jam by myself to early jazz doing choreographed routines of 
charleston moves" enthusiasts insist that it is appropriate to play an 
entire evening of early Sidney Bechet and still call it "swing night" 
even though there will be no music played that has any significant 
amount of swung rhythm.  Citations to the wiki definition of "swung 
note" to no avail.

So are you saying from your standpoint that canyengue is a rhythm or a 
manner of playing associated with a particular era (or perhaps with 
certain composers, or orchestras)?  Is is possible to play many tango 
compositions 'acanyengando,' just as you can 'swing' just about any jazz 
song? (obviously one's MMV, some results much better than others)

Barnes, Bob wrote:
> Hi-
> 
> To a Tango musician, "Canyengue" is the moral equivalent of swing.  The
> most common example would be that 4 written eighth notes would be played
> as "eighth quarter sixteenth sixteenth"  (i.e. lengthen the second note
> and quicken the third and fourth.  As an example, listen to the vocal
> line to "Por una cabeza".  It's written as even eighth notes, but tango
> musicians will usually add "canyengue" to give it that tango lilt, just
> as swing musicians make a distinction between playing "straight eights"
> or "swinging it".
> 
> I would read "Acanyengado" as "With a canyengue feel" and would take it
> to mean that eight notes are not meant to be even.
> 
> -Bob Barnes
> http://www.mandragoratango.com
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