Songs with rare syncopation; quirky short-themes

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Flatfoot

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I danced an awesome tanda the other night that was a regular tango, until... out of the blue there was this sort of out of character rhythm, that turned out to be a theme. Don't know the name, but then I recently just found a video (Achaval y Suarez) with something similar -- Junto a tu corazon (not di Sarli apparently; Garcia!).

So, I'm looking for your favorite songs with this sort of thing: a typical tango except for a short, characteristic, unusual rhythm that rewards the listeners. Are there enough out there to make a list?? Barring this, songs with slightly "off" rhythm throughout are welcome. One I'm immediately thinking of is: Danza Maligna, and although I'm not as familiar with "regular" milongas, La Cicatriz.

Feel free to recommend whole composers/periods. ;)
 
Flatfoot said:
I danced an awesome tanda the other night that was a regular tango, until... out of the blue there was this sort of out of character rhythm, that turned out to be a theme. Don't know the name, but then I recently just found a video (Achaval y Suarez) with something similar -- Junto a tu corazon (not di Sarli apparently; Garcia!).

So, I'm looking for your favorite songs with this sort of thing: a typical tango except for a short, characteristic, unusual rhythm that rewards the listeners. Are there enough out there to make a list?? Barring this, songs with slightly "off" rhythm throughout are welcome. One I'm immediately thinking of is: Danza Maligna, and although I'm not as familiar with "regular" milongas, La Cicatriz.

Feel free to recommend whole composers/periods. ;)
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Tango Siempre do a version of Cumparsita where the beat is swung ( and a nice bit of sax over too)
 
Welcome, Flatfoot.

> Junto a tu corazon (not di Sarli apparently; Garcia!).

An absolutely gorgeous (IMHO) number: http://tinyurl.com/yb7lr9q

> One I'm immediately thinking of is: Danza Maligna

The Rodríguez version? Here's a Chris-favourite tanda of odd-beat Rodríguez tango:

Déjame ser asi . Enrique Rodríguez canta Roberto Flores
Vendrás alguna vez? . Enrique Rodríguez canta Roberto Flores
Danza maligna . Enrique Rodríguez canta Armando Moreno
La gayola . Enrique Rodríguez canta Armando Moreno

They make me smile every time :)
 
Hi Flatfoot, I could not understand you correctly. Who is composer, interpreter, what is the title? Want to look it up at YT.

Thanks in advance
OD
 
opendoor: Chris links the mp3 (I cannot, yet). There's a fantastic video on YT, searching for "Junto a tu Corazon" and selecting the one with Achaval (and Suarez).

I'm also really looking forward to that tanda, because Dejame ser asi is also a favorite I just learned the name of. Tango Siempre certainly does seem to have syncopation as a permanent MO.
 
Lös Mareados,track 6 on La Armonica del Tango by Luis Saltos (Diapason AV 175792), although a tango, has 8 bars in ¾ time. It has a startling chord right at the end which would be a challenge to the interpretative skills of any leader.
 
Opendoor: for the video, I was talking about the flourish at 0:58, 1:22, and 2:50. Actually, on reflection I realized this is kind of a silly thread to start... but! I wanted to finalize my contribution by saying I found the song I'd truly been looking for! It's Lison by Biagi/Flores. I can't find a full version, but one minute of it, still sublime, is at: tangocd.com/player/startt.asp?tint=00724352911127-1-1

I found Los Mareados in a rar file online; yep, I can imagine the 3/4 - 4/4 switch being rough!
 
I've taken the book back to the library, but Jo Biam in Tango: Creating a Cultural Icon lists several examples from the time when tango was developing as a distinct type of music that do exactly that, have sections with different time signatures.

A similar thing happened in the development of blues in the USA. In this case the "blues" sections would show up in what were otherwise "rags", then a very popular type of music. As time went by, the blues stuff began to stand on its own, as it were.

I'm even aware of a country western song I used to dance to (couldn't tell you the name of it now, though) where it changed from something well suited to two step, to something good for night club two step. Then it changed back again.

From what I've read both early tango and jazz musicians did not read music and had no formal education. But, I'd think that it would be easy to make the changes we're taking about. Unusual syncopations showed up in jazz although in the swing era, but they were common in ragtime music. too.
Haven't read too much, looked at scores, or listened to much AT recently.
 
Flatfoot said:
... It's Lison by Biagi/Flores. I can't find a full version, but one minute of it, still sublime, is at:
tangocd.com/player/startt.asp?tint=00724352911127-1-1
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Very nice indeed the syncopation! http://tangocd.com/player/startt.asp?tint=00724352911127-1-1


piimapoika said:
Lös Mareados,track 6 on La Armonica del Tango by Luis Saltos (Diapason AV 175792), although a tango, has 8 bars in ¾ time. It has a startling chord right at the end which would be a challenge to the interpretative skills of any leader.
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Interesting, too http://www.tangostore.com/audio/1/1150_06.rm
 
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