[Tango-L] Try simple staff first, musicians !!!

Igor Polk ipolk at virtuar.com
Wed May 23 14:49:46 EDT 2007


Imploring in desperation.

I beg you, dear musicians,
do not try to play music of 40s which really requires outstanding abilities
of musicians, arrangers, and directors. Do not try to be Piazzollas.

Be able to play simpler music of early 1920s and 1910s !! Get the right
rhythm and feel on simpler examples !!! No fancy staff, just tango !
Bam-Bam-Bam. Keep the rhythm and variations! Learn what creates this tension
( swing ), why razor-edged notes are so important, and more complex staff
like how performers exchange rhythmical lines. And it has to be danceable:
it has to have "figures" inside. Once you are able to do it, and we say yes,
it sounds almost like Arolas. Then you may move.

In tango we learn: simple things done well are much better than loads of
elements done wrong. It relates to you too.

You are at advantage !!! It is definitely not other musicians you can learn
from, but only old scratchy records on CDs. Available.

Igor Polk




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