Tango Music - for practicing Check out Sophia's Spotify lists: Tango (Trad) Best for practicing musicality - walking to single, double and half time. Tango (Neo) contemporary songs (good for practicing technique) Link to 250 songs The following link will download a collection of 250 of the most popular songs (tango, vals and milonga) played in milongas around the world! Focus for now only on the tangos. Also focus on instrumental songs as opposed to vocals as these are easier to find the beat. Di Sarli is one of the better orchestras to start with: 250 songs download This link goes to a zip file (little less than a 1 GB file). Here's a link to help you better understand tango music for dancing. LESSON REVIEWS Here's what we've covered so far... Week 7: July 9 1. Reviewed all combinations covered this term2. Introduced a navigation friendly version of the Week 6 move: Follower's Sacada to Leader's Forward Step ending with: Barrida from Back to Side Step or Parada / Sandwich on Back Step: Week 6: July 2 No new moves introduced. Reviewed:Giro to Right combinations (from Weeks 4 and 5) using: Follower's Sacada to Leader's Forward Step ending with:
This involved a lot of focus on technique for leading and executing a follower's sacada Please note that these combinations will take you to the left of the line of traffic so you need to have plenty of space on the floor. In Week 6 we will introduce an alternative version of these Follower's Sacada combinations which are more navigation friendly. Week 5: June 24 Introduced a Giro to Right combination using:
Week 4: June 17 1. Introduced Follower's SacadasEnded with Giro to Right or Parada / Sandwich:
Week 3: June 10 1. Introduced Sacada to Follower's Side Step, then Leader's Lapiz - from Giro to Left:2. Reviewed moves from Weeks 1 and 2 - all involving Sacadas from Giros to the Right. Here's new videos for those moves... Week 2: June 3 1. Introduced: Sacadas to Giro to Right. Sacadas to Follower's Side and Back Steps : 2. Reviewed: Sacadas from Sandwiches ('Sanuchitos') to Left and Right Here's Sandwich to the Right ( to Giro). (video was not ready in time for Week 1 Review) Sacadas are to Follower's Forward and Side Steps. Parada to Back Step to end: See Week 1 for Sandwich to Left video Week 1: May 27 This term's focus is on Sacadas Introduced: Sacadas from Sandwich to the Left and Right. Here's to the Left... (see Week 2 Review for Sandwich to the Right / Sacada combination) |
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