[Tango-L] why music

[Gordon Erlebacher]

I was told by a teacher in France one day, a teacher dancing "classical" 
tango, that his advice to me, to improve my musicality, was to get tango 
music into my blood, under my skin. I took the advice to heart and for 
the next 1-2 years, I listened to tango 24/7 until I could whisle 
Milongas, tangos and Valses (concentrating on one dance form at a time. 
I would take a CD of Milongas and listen to it all the time in the car 
and at home for a few weeks. Intense, I admit, but it worked.

     Gordon



On 7/7/11 2:36 PM, Trini y Sean (PATangoS) wrote:
> Given the relatively few people that I hear say "I really love this music" or ask me the name of a classic tango song (compared to the number who ask me about an alternative piece), I think saying that most dancers dance because of their love in the music may be a stretch.  I think most get used to the music and many do fall in love with the music.  But I don't hear too many humming along or filling in the blanks when there's a technical blip.  The average dancer probably can't even hum a few bars of a tango.
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> I understand what Michael means, though.  In many cases, I've turned off the music when I'm teaching so that students can focus on a a technique or movement.  Sometimes the music can drive someone to move without any control and acts as a distraction.  When I see them getting more comfortable, I'll put the music on and let them play.
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> Not everyone is capable of ignoring the music when they need to so that they can focus on something.  There are times when music is helpful to understand a movement.  For example, milonga con traspie works better for some milongas than others.  But sometimes the opposite is true, too.
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> Trini de Pittsburgh
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> --- On Thu, 7/7/11, Nussbaum, Martin<mnussbau at law.nyc.gov>  wrote:
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>   Perhaps some people are
>> stronger in visual retention, others in aural retention,
>> but most people
>> dance because of their joy in the music, so this helps
>> dancer's anchor a
>> memory of a figure.
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Gordon Erlebacher
Department of Scientific Computing
gerlebacher at fsu.edu