dararith -> RE: Tangos Rhythm (Jan. 5 2012 19:14:10)
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Traditional is 2 and 4. That's the foundation and I believe you should play it that way until you have it down to the bone. After understanding it that way, you can play around with the rhythm and choose to give it a bit more push/pull swing to the rhythm -- i.e. it can be syncopated. A lot of the modern styles go off of the basics and accent pretty much wherever they choose, but done in a meaningful fashion where they always hear the basic compas (palmas) in their head while they're doing it. Accenting it at 2.5 like you mention gives it a sort of pull feel, but that's not to say you're 'off compas' because in the end, you still hear the basic accents on the 2 and 4. If you have palmas in the background, you'll hear and hopefully feel the tug and dramatic effect it can give, should you want that phrasing. In 12 beat compas, they do similar things where they can accent the "AND" after 9 to give it that sudden rush of urgency, but they don't ever lose track of the compas.
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