Dance Music- Waltz and Tango

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Mind Map on Dance Music- Waltz and Tango, created by edolan2003 on 05/12/2014.
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Dance Music- Waltz and Tango
  1. Tango
    1. 2/4 or 4/4 time with 4 beats in a bar
      1. moderate tempo
        1. regular phrases
        2. Dotted rhythms
          1. Syncopation
            1. common rhythms in tango
            2. minor key
              1. Jazzy chords
                1. Typical Tango instruments
                  1. The bandoneon
                    1. violin
                      1. intruments from a classic tango orchestra
                      2. Scraping wood instrument is common
                        1. guiro
                      3. Where it started...
                        1. Started in Argentinian backstreets in the 1890's
                          1. rhythm comes from African beats and it is influenced by the Spanish
                          2. Different types of tango
                            1. Ballroom tango
                              1. Jazz tango
                                1. tango nuovo
                                2. Strong feeling of walking
                                  1. Angular rhythms
                                3. Viennese Waltz
                                  1. Triple time- 3/4
                                    1. 1 bar per second
                                    2. oom-cha-cha accompaniment
                                      1. Lower strings play this
                                      2. Slow, harmonic rhythm
                                        1. speeds up towards end of section
                                        2. Rubato
                                          1. Phrases of equal length
                                            1. often in pairs
                                            2. Simple harmony
                                              1. mostly I, IV or V
                                              2. Instruments
                                                1. melody
                                                  1. flutes
                                                    1. violins
                                                    2. strings (see right)
                                                    3. Where it started...
                                                      1. an Austrian country dance originally
                                                        1. music in 3/4 and had hopping steps.
                                                          1. by late 18t century, hops were replaced by slides and the Waltz became a fashionable urban dance
                                                            1. It differed from other dances with its turning steps and the couples circling on a dance floor
                                                              1. The closed hold made the dance seem more daring as it meant there was close contact
                                                                1. the couple bow and curtseyed before dancing
                                                            2. Would have been danced by men and women in public and private ballrooms by the upper and middle class

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