Smooth/Standard
Tango
Character of the Music and the Dance
Tango embraces sharp powerful movements followed by slow graceful motions that create intense anticipation. The music tends to reflect this by creating sharp sounds complimented by soft background instruments.
Common Instruments
Drums, Accordion, Violin
Rhytmical Themes
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In most original Tangos for the Smooth/Standard styles, there is a strong drum rolling sound every 4 beats. The more modern Tangos tend to take this out and instead replace it with the more common Boom tick sounds or they use a string instruments to emphasize where the boom would normally be.
Click the Samples Below
Sample Descriptions
TRADITIONAL: Take note of the strong drum rolling action throughout the sample
VIOLINS:
This song uses the Violins for the primary beat of the music and takes the drum roll out.
SNEAKY:
This is more of a sneaky Tango that eventually will build up to having sharp accents rather then having them throughout the song
MODERN:
The characteristic of the Tango like violin is still here but the other instruments bring more of a modern Pop vibe to the style