[Tango-L] Milonga music mix

[Crrtango@aol.com]

<<Getting back to the 70%, it's not that some wizened Argentine culture
god decided that 70% tango/milonga/vals makes a milonga. It's simple
arithmetic:>>

It also appears to be even simpler arithmetic based on the actual number of 
the different types of songs that exist, and not any cultural or social 
decree.   Although I don't have any statistical information from the recording 
industry (perhaps the archives of EMI or RCA Victor would), the number of 
standard tangos that exist far exceed the number of waltzes or milongas.   
Anyone who has been a DJ or tried to set up tandas soon realizes that if they 
program too many waltzes or milongas they will run out of them long before 
they exhaust the tangos, maybe not in a single evening but certainly over 
time.   Even if it was "decreed," notwithstanding the interjection of non-tango 
music forms, perhaps it is no more than just a by-product of the reality of 
what's available.

Charles


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