[Tango-L] Milonga rhythms

[Keith]

You're right, Janis.

I repeated what my teachers had told me until I received a lecture from a 
professional pianist after a Tango class in which I was teaching double-time 
steps, but not syncopation. I've never made the same mistake again. 

Keith, HK


On Sun Jan 13 14:05 , "Janis Kenyon"  sent:

>
>There are two rhythms in milonga:
>
>1) double rhythm -- two steps in two beats of music; and
>2) triple rhythm (called traspie) -- three steps in two beats of music (like
>a triple step in swing).
>
>There is no syncopated rhythm in milonga.  The wrong terminology is used
>because teachers aren't musicians.