[Tango-L] Your Milonga secrets

[Richard Isaacs]

Friday, December 19, 2008, 9:37:04 AM, you wrote:

M> The Milonga beat is NOT difficult...no more than the Vals..

It is common for a beginner to think that the vals beat is not
difficult. It just indicates that you are doing the neophyte's count
of 1 2 3. When you become more experienced and go to the more
challenging 2 3 1 or 3 1 2 counts vals becomes an entirely different
ballgame.


M> It's just that the Tango steps can't fit into it...

If you look at the great Pepito Avellaneda's "Asi Se Baila Milonga"
instructional program you will see that he uses tango steps as the
basis of his milonga.

And by the way, don't think that Pepito is dancing close embrace just
because he is pressed against his partner: It really IS milonga.