[Tango-L] Milonga music mix

Vince Bagusauskas vytis at hotmail.com
Wed Apr 29 11:28:14 EDT 2009


>There are dances called 'bailes' where less than 70% of the
>music is tango (milonga and vals). A 'milonga' will play no more than
>30% of these other rhythms (to which tango is not danced).

Fascinating. Was this generally known before I posted the law extract a few
days ago?

Which begs the question, if foreigners are to be true to the culture of the
portenos and Argentine tango should there be an expectation that up to 30%
non-tango music be played at milongas?

Vince
 




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