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mark indigo -> RE: Tangos for dancer (Sep. 14 2009 1:27:44)
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I don't really have a nice traditional tangos "piece" that I can use.
forget a piece you can use, like guy says,
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play basic compas and compas variations
remember that often when dancers are starting out they can only handle the very basic rhythm played on 2 chords and almost anything else puts them off!
but you should be able to introduce basic variations, play the same chords different places on the neck, substitute G- or G-7 for Bflat, little fills/variations on beat 4 of the Bflat chord etc.
Also remember that a lot of the choreography will be "cuadrao" so will work in sets of 2 and 4 compas', so you can play D-/Bflat, C(7/9), Bflat, A sometimes
you might get little sequences that fit this,
Bflat, A, Bflat, A,
D-, C7, Bflat, A
but you need to work out if/where it fits! you need to play really basic to begin with, learn the patterns of what the dancer is doing, and figure out and introduce any variations as you go along.
often they will learn a choreography where there is a section where they mark to a letra (either there was a singer in the class or the teacher had a letra in their head when they taught the class), and this would be a place you could play a little falseta or something, but learn to recognise the steps first.
you could also play a little falseta as an intro, and then give them a little remate/llamada as a signal to come on/get up/start, but don't keep them waiting too long!
another thing you can slip in almost unnoticed is alzapua on beats 1, 2, 3, 4 of the Bflat chord, but make sure that your right hand rhythm works with what ever they are doing, ie, don't play 4 to a beat when they are doing 3, or 3 to a beat when they are doing 2 or 4!
at a higher level, the dancer will learn marking steps they can use to dance to a letra or falseta, footwork patterns they can take apart and put together as they like, etc. and you can work on it in a different way....
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