Tango
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- Created on: 25-05-14 11:38
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- Tango
- Origins
- 1850s - Argentina and Uruguay.
- Influenced by other cultures e.g. Italian, African, Eastern European.
- Instruments
- Early tangos: flute, violin and guitar or solo piano.
- Later added: double bass and bandoneon.
- Different Varieties
- Tango Song.
- Golden Age - 20s/30s.
- Argentine Tango.
- More improvised than ballroom tango.
- Tango Nuevo - combined elements of tango, classical and jazz.
- Complex rhythms and harmonies.
- Became music to listen to rather than dance to.
- Astor Piazolla.
- Tango Rock.
- Replaced bandoneon and double bass with rock band rhythm section, keyboards and electric guitars.
- Electro Tango.
- Electronic elements i.e. sampling mixed with traditional tango music.
- Tango Song.
- Dance moves
- Usually improvised.
- Movements are provocative yet controlled.
- Music reflects this by having beautiful melodies and strong rhythmic energy,
- Deliberate/exaggerated dance moves are supported by details such as staccato marks.
- Rhythm
- Syncopated rhythms.
- Slow rhythmic pace with triplets.
- Staccato notes.
- Simple harmonies, often in the minor key.
- Based on the tonic and dominant chords.
- Repeated dotted rhythms in the bass between the tonic and dominant.
- Origins
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