Tango
- Created by: jessicawyatt
- Created on: 09-04-16 14:59
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- Tango
- Dance
- Paired dance
- Close embrace
- Fast steps/ kicks
- Stalking walk
- Upright body
- Intertwining legs
- Quick and sharp movements
- Characteristics
- Usually 2/4 or 4/4 time
- Syncopation/ dotted rhythms
- Accents/ staccato
- Jerky/ spiky rhythms
- Minor key
- Regular phrase lengths
- Jazzy melodies and harmonies
- Performers
- Roberto Firpo
- Nazareth
- Origins
- Late 19th century
- Fusion of European, African and Cuban influences
- Spread to Europe n the early 20th century
- Instruments
- Bandoneóns (accordion)
- Violins
- Piano
- Orquesta tipica
- Dance
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