The music accompanying the tango is in 2/4 time, but the staccato is played in a very strong staccato style, so in practice, each quarter note is reduced to two eighth notes, making four eighth notes per measure.
The tempo is 33 bars per minute.
Generally, all according to the music of the beat of the bar 1234 for the basic teaching method, tango in the teaching of a bar of four beats, divided into a slow step accounted for two beats, fast step accounted for a beat. There is a great deal of syncopated treatment in the music.
This is the basic characteristics of tango music style, common rhythm type |x .xx x |x x xx x | and |x x x xx|x x x xx|, the process of dancing to pay attention to the movement and the characteristics of the music relative position.
The tango is currently one of the official programs of the International Standard Dance Competition. It defines the act of love, which in turn is expressed in dance forms and styles. The rules and forms in which tango is usually performed are limited; the imagination and passion are unlimited.
Expanded Information:
The dance style of competitive tango is basically categorized into two types, one is agile and lightweight, the other is military marching, both of which have their own styles, and the latter is preferred by Taiwanese dancers in general.
The so-called agile and lightweight type is like a cat or a tiger, which is as silent as the autumn wind sweeping away the leaves, but where it passes, the wind and sand are thousands of miles away, and the fallen leaves are scattered in all directions. Fixed-point action, the body's acuity and flexibility is extraordinary, this dance style is closer to the Argentine tango of the Romantic spirit, more lingering, and less hissing and killing gas.
The so-called military marching type, marching with heavy big movements to show, banging the gongs and drums lively. Fixed-point action is like a bomb blossom, outbreak of incomparable power, this dance style is closer to the spirit of Japanese Bushido, more domineering, bloody flavor pus thick. Both are tango.
According to the preference of the dancer, can be used alone or alternately. And between the two **** the same point, is instantly from moving into a static, resulting in a unique tango "STACCATO" action.
Competitive tango dance, the lack of STACCATO can not be considered competitive tango, "break sound" "break play" is the Chinese interpretation, literally interpreted in the continuous playing of music, suddenly stop, in a beat or several beats continue to play. In the dance sense, when dancing, in the midst of uninterrupted rapid movement, the body suddenly stops sharply, and the center of gravity is fixed at a point of stasis, creating a freeze frame.
This movement of the tango dancer's center of gravity transfer, foot grip, etc., must have a deep strength, in order to perfectly express this movement, but also the dancer's strength level of the judgment point, STACCATO can be said to represent one of the main characteristics of the style of competitive tango dance.
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