[Tango-L] music and candencia

[Tango 22]

It is a mistake to think that really good dancers memorise the music.  Of course we all know many of the "top 40" and we listen to Tango all the time, because we love the music as much as the dance; but it is much more important to concentrate and feel the the music and to interpret it in the moment, in the context of the floor, the crowd, your partner and even your mood.  I recommend Joaquin Amenabar's excellent book "Tango, Let's Dance to the Music", http://www.joaquinamenabar.com, if you want a solid grounding in the structure and phrasing of Tango music.


On 04/04/2013, at 2:46 AM, tango-l-request at mit.edu wrote:

From: Mario <sopelote at yahoo.com>
Subject: [Tango-L] music and candencia

..... so, now I'm just speculating on what that 'something' is... and what I get is that the dancer was raised in the same culture that produced the dance and? the music. Ok a no brainer..but think about it... knowing the song and what is coming next...where the accent is ..the next dynamic move in the music... well, that's what
gives the Argentine the edge in cadencia...and in getting all the meat on the fire when it counts...so, what can we non Arggies do to compensate a little.. to inch towards that divine movement where the music and the body are one? ... I'm proposing the listening to more and more music... putting aside time to do it... or combining it with other activities...driving?... and most relevant of all would be listening to? music with a singer..' the singer is the soul of country music' as Waylon Jennings said... and that goes for Argentine tango too..