[Tango-L] Tango is Argentine

[AJ Azure]

Tango would have been tango even on kazoo.
Guitar is considerably more Spanish than bandoneon at the root level of the
culture origin. Gardel is guitar based not bandoneon. That said bandoneon
like the secondary cultures did have an important impact in the following
tango eras.

As a general rule instruments do not make the style they are only vehicles
for expressing the style.

A-


> From: Keith Elshaw <keith at totango.net>
> Reply-To: <keith at totango.net>
> Date: Wed, 05 Aug 2009 19:43:05 -0400 (EDT)
> To: <tango-l at mit.edu>
> Subject: [Tango-L] Tango is Argentine
> 
> AJ wrote:
> 
>> Germany is by far the most removed of the influences.
> 
> Of course one understands what Al meant and I do not wish to quibble.
> 
> However ...
> 
> Herr Band's little "improvement" on his accordion, which became the pillar
> and soul of the tango when it arrived in Argentina, ought to be a crucial
> modifier in what his statement implies. Methinks.
> 
> 
>