MUS 2420 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Lunfardo, La Cumparsita, Tempo Rubato
Document Summary
The tango soundscape features individual aspects of sound that all retain individual settings and historical frameworks. From the slums to 19th century buenos aires. Argentinean gaucho (cowboy) and african influences with european music. Tango emerged in argentina with the introduction of the bandoneon, a type of button accordion. The bandoneon slowly displaced the guitar in tango ensembles: sounds and steps: Tango features strong quadruple meter with a strong bass. Stress on 2nd half of 2nd beat (weakest part of measure) The physical motions of the dance usually stretch across 2 of these 4 beat units. The pattern is counted out as slow-quick-quick-slow or (2+2+1+1+2) Form: tango-romanza which can be either instrumental or vocal. Tempo: moderate quadruple meter, with characteristic tango rhythms mode: minor. Function: classic orchestral tango, performed for dancers and for listeners. Classic orquestra tipica, a type of ensemble popular unitl the 1940s. Strong and regular rhythm meant to accompany dancing. Tango ensembles consisted of piano, violin and bandoneon.
