tango

Tango is a style of music that originated in Argentina and Uruguay, influenced by both regional folk music and European classical dance music. Both Uruguayan and Argentine tango dance music is composed in the easily danceable time signatures of 4/4 and 2/4. Tango music can be instrumental, or it can feature a vocalist.

1. : a ballroom dance of Latin American origin in ²/₄ time with a basic pattern of step-step-step-step-close and characterized by long pauses and stylized body positions. also : the music for this dance. 2. : interaction marked by a lack of straightforwardness.

Tango is about life, about relationships and about love. It is not necessarily the romantic love that we all refer to. It is the love in an embrace, in the moment and the music that you shared and expressed with your dance partner.

Tango music has been one of Argentina's cultural exports since the early 20th century and has become a world-renowned genre. Argentine tango music is often played on the bandoneón, which is a type of concertina. The Argentine tango sound is distinctive and often melancholy - and its history is just as fascinating.

Tango was first used as a term to describe music and dancing in the late 18th century in Buenos Aires. Tango was the name for the music of the slaves at the time in Argentina, more specifically the name of large gatherings in which slaves danced to evocative music.

Tango is one of the most famous and influential dances in the world. Originating in Buenos Aires in the 18th century, tango brought together working class European immigrants, indigenous Argentinians and former slaves. As a result, tango has shaped Argentinian culture and society.

Synonyms of tango

• waltz.
• fox-trot.
• mambo.
• boogie.
• jitterbug.
• tap-dance.
• polka.
• jive.

If you say it takes two or it takes two to tango, you mean that a situation or argument involves two people and they are both therefore responsible for it. Divorce is never the fault of one partner; it takes two.

The third dance, Tango, was radically different from anything that came before it because it introduced the concept of improvisation for the first time, and was a huge influence on all couple dancing in the Twentieth Century.

Tango: Origin Story It's believed the dance and corresponding music evolved during the early 1800s in the working-class ports of Buenos Aires, Argentina and later in neighboring Montevideo, Uruguay. In Argentina, these ports were really slums populated by African and European immigrants.

Tango however, was radically different from the other couple dances because it introduced the concept of improvisation for the first time, and was a huge influence on all couple dancing in the 20th century. Ballroom tango was born in the slums of Buenos Aires in the late 19th century.

The rhythm of the modern tango holds the 2/4 or 4/4 beats per measure with two upbeats and two downbeats, with frequent use of accented notes, nostalgic lyrics, sudden changes in dynamics, use of slides (glissandi), often use of staccato (march-like phrases), intense but melancholic mood and freedom for improvisation ...