Three rhythms to dance to...

Jans first post
Originally Posted by jantango
There is an interesting interview in the current issue of El Tangauta (No. 176 - June 2009) between Milena Plebs and Julio Balmaceda on the subject of the campeonatos and Villa Urquiza style preference by the judges.
There are only TWO places to dance these days in Villa Urquiza: Club Sin Rumbo and Club Sunderland.


Hbboogies first reply
Make that THREE places to dance in Villa Urquiza “La Argentina” Friday nights.

Hbboogies correction
I meant that a third place to dance Villa Urquiza STYLE is Club La Argentina, which is located down town in the Once area on Friday nights, given the fact that there is more room to dance open style.


Jans reply
Are you saying that when you come to Buenos Aires, you are limited to three places where you dance the so-called "Villa Urquiza style?"


Hbboogies reply
Jan I was replying to your expert post that said there were only two places to dance as you put it the "Villa Urquiza" style.

Yes there was some confusion as to the original post by Jan on the subject of the campeonatos and Villa Urquiza style in the current issue of El Tangauta. Jan went on to make reference to where to dance in the “Villa Urquiza” district, which is where the Villa Urquiza style is danced.

My second post was simply naming a third option to dance the “Villa Urquiza” style in the downtown district. I can see how confusing it could be especially if someone failed to read that second “correction post” Sorry for the confusion.

PS It's like dancing a milonga at a milonga could get confusing at times to those that don't know.

:lol:

this reads like "Soap" "confused? you soon will be."
 
Figured I might as well bump this thread rather than start a new one.

Lookin' for examples of the 3-3-2 rhythm. So far I've found:

Libertango - Piazzolla
Barrio de Tango - Otros Aires
Leonel El Feo - Melingo
Zitarrosa - Bajofondo

I know it shows up earlier, I just haven't found anything yet. And I'm not convinced 3-3-2 is the same thing as Habanera. though I think they have the same roots...
 
Like most things music, it gets complicated pretty fast.

3-3-2 is not the "classic" habanera, nor, is is the habanera that largely replaced it in tango around the 20s. (I think!)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habanera_(music)#cite_note-0

By this definition
rhythms constructed from multiples of a basic durational unit, and grouped unequally so that the accents fall irregularly in a one or two bar pattern" found in the The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. Oxford University Press. 2003 ISBN-13: 9781561592845
it probably is "habanera".

The Jordanaires clapped a habanera rhythm in Elvis's recording of "Hound Dog", according to an article by Roy Brower, and published in American Music in 1999.
(bought the mp3 yesterday to check it out)
 

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