Tangos Lesson

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Hello GMC! This time we are going to learn a brief composition of tangos. The first thing that I must say is that tangos flamencos are nothing to do with argentinian tangos, not in form or origin. Tangos flamencos are a style in 4/4 time, usually in a cyle of 8 beats. Accents falls on 1,3,5,7.

The initial part of the word "tang" may have an onomatopeyic sense, for a resounding noise or for the percussion of an instrument. It also symbolises a swaying movement. Another possible source is from tangir, which in turn comes from the Latin tangere, to touch).

Tangos are a sensual dance style, with popular origins, made great by flamenco figures from the Seville and Cádiz school. It is a style with a very lively and heavily accented rhythm; together with the bulería it forms the essence of any flamenco party (toques festeros).

In the technical order, we will see rasgueos, melodic thumb and alzapúa technique, and a couple forms for golpe (tap on the guitar board).

    E  S S E  S S E  E  E  E     E  E  E  S S Q    Q     
E||-----0-0-0--0-0-0--0-----0--|-----0--L--0-0-0----0----|
B||-----3-3-3--3-3-3--3--------|-----------2-2-2----2----|
G||-----0-0-0--0-0-0--0--------|-----------3-3-3----3----|
D||-----3-3-3--3-3-3--3--------|-----------2-2-2----2----|
A||-----1-1-1--1-1-1--1--------|--0--------0-0-0----0----|
E||----------------------3-----|-------------------------|


  x                                  x                 
  E  S S E  S S E  E  E  E     E  E  E  S S Q    Q     
-----0-0-0--0-0-0--0--0--0--|-----0--L--0-0-0----0----|
-----3-3-3--3-3-3--3--3--3--|-----------2-2-2----2----|
-----3-3-3--3-3-3--3--3--3--|-----------3-3-3----3----|
-----0-0-0--0-0-0--0--0--0--|-----------2-2-2----2----|
-----1-1-1--1-1-1--1--1--1--|--0--------0-0-0----0----|
----------------------------|-------------------------|


  x                                  x                 
  E  S S E  S S E  E  E  E     E  E  E  S S Q    Q     
-----0-0-0--0-0-0--0--0--0--|-----0--L--0-0-0----0----|
-----3-3-3--3-3-3--3--3--3--|-----------3-3-3----3----|
-----3-3-3--3-3-3--3--3--3--|-----------3-3-3----3----|
-----0-0-0--0-0-0--0--0--0--|-----------2-2-2----2----|
-----1-1-1--1-1-1--1--1--1--|--3--------3-3-3----3----|
----------------------------|-------------------------|


  x                                  x                  
  E  S S E  S S E  E  E  E     E  E  E  S S Q    Q      
-----0-0-0--0-0-0--0--0--0--|-----0--L--0-0-0----0----||
-----3-3-3--3-3-3--3--3--3--|-----------2-2-2----2----||
-----3-3-3--3-3-3--3--3--3--|-----------3-3-3----3----||
-----0-0-0--0-0-0--0--0--0--|-----------2-2-2----2----||
-----1-1-1--1-1-1--1--1--1--|--0--------0-0-0----0----||
----------------------------|-------------------------||

This is an important part of the style: the compás. Compás means music bar, but in flamenco context is much more that this. Compás is a fragment that contains the spirit and the smell of that particular style. In this case is a set of tangos compás, that provides us the rythm and sense of tangos. It´s essential to control rasgueo technique.

     E     Q    E   E  E   E  E  E     E   E  E  E  E  E  E  E   
E||-----|---------------------------|---------------0-----------|
B||-----|---------------------------|---------------------------|
G||-----|---------------------0-----|------------------3--3--2--|
D||-----|--2----2p--0--2h--3-----2--|--Lh--3--0--2--L-----------|
A||--0--|------------------------0--|--L------------------------|
E||-----|---------------------------|---------------------------|


                                     x                 
  E  S  S E  E  E  E  E  E     E  E  E  Q    E  E  E   
----------------------------|-----0--L--0----0--0-----|
----------------------------|-----------2----2--2-----|
--0--2p-0-0-----0--0--------|-----------3----3--3-----|
-------------4--------3--2--|--L--------2----2--2-----|
----------------------------|-----------0----0--0--0--|
----------------------------|-------------------------|


  Q    E   E  E   E  E  E     E   E  E  E  E  E  E  E   
---------------------------|---------------0-----------|
---------------------------|---------------------------|
---------------------0-----|------------------3--3--2--|
--2----2p--0--2h--3-----2--|--Lh--3--0--2--L-----------|
------------------------0--|--L------------------------|
---------------------------|---------------------------|


  E  S  S E  E  E  E  E  E     E  E  E  Q    E  E  E   
----------------------------|-----0--L--0----0--0-----|
----------------------------|-----------2----2--2-----|
--0--2p-0-0-----0--0--------|-----------3----3--3-----|
-------------4--------3--2--|--L--------2----2--2-----|
----------------------------|-----------0----0--0--0--|
----------------------------|-------------------------|


  E  S S S S S S  E  E  E   E     E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E   
-----0-0---0-0-----------------|-----0--L--0--L--0--0--0--|
-----3-3---3-3-------3---------|-----------3--L--3--3--3--|
-----3-3---3-3-------3---------|-----------3--L--3--3--3--|
-----0-0-0-0-0-0h-2-----0h-----|-----------2--L--2--2--2--|
----------------------------3--|--L--------3--L--3--3--3--|
-------------------------------|--------------------------|


  E  S S S S S S  E  E   E  E    
-------------------------------||
-------------------------------||
-----3-3---3-3-----------------||
-----2-2---2-2-----------------||
-----3-3-3-----3h-5--5p--3--1--||
-------------------------------||

Well, here is a falseta. Falseta is a melodic phrase or flourish which the guitarist performs, between songs or before cante, thus giving free rein to his personal inspiration. It´s a brief theme, a melodic variation.

Lesson Questions, Feedback & Comments

Kristofer Dahl	27th April 2008
GMC Founder & Rocker	What a beautiful piece Sergio - and your right hand technique is awesome!

Mark.	27th April 2008
Member	Wow that sounds cool! Got to try this one out

Siggum	27th April 2008
Member	Awsome, great playing there Sergio makes me think of summer and holiday

Ivan Milenkovic	27th April 2008
Instructor	Excellent stuff man. You play flamenco awesome!

Nick Kellie	27th April 2008
Instructor	nice!

Alex87	27th April 2008
Member	Very nice music Sergio! Love that tango music!

kyldeee	27th April 2008
Member	Awesome lesson

at lights end	27th April 2008
Member	cool

Nemanja Filipovic	27th April 2008
Singing Instructor	great lesson.

Bogdan Radovic	27th April 2008
Bass Instructor	Awesome lesson Sergio! Great piece too!

Danilo Capezzuto	27th April 2008
Instructor	Wow! Nice lesson, great technique!

Carlos Carrillo	27th April 2008
Instructor	awesome!!! nice lesson Sergio!!!

Joe Kataldo	27th April 2008
Instructor	Excellent Stuff great Lesson

botoxfox	27th April 2008
Member	Sounds nice.

Sergio Dorado	27th April 2008
Flamenco Instructor	Thanks a lot guys!

Dejan Farkas	27th April 2008
Instructor	Excellent technique, love it

Gabriel Leopardi	27th April 2008
GMC Coordinator & Instructor	Good job Sergio. This sounds awesome I have to learn it.

Nick325	27th April 2008
Member	cool

Capt.Z	27th April 2008
Member	Awesome leson!

Trond Vold	27th April 2008
Instructor	Great lesson I have to give this one a try!

Pablo Vazquez	27th April 2008
Instructor	Awesome lesson!! Realmente asombroso!

Alejandro Piñero	27th April 2008
Instructor	Beautiful piece Sergio!! Muy lindo tema !!! Felicitaciones!

Hisham Al-Sanea	27th April 2008
Instructor	good job Sergio.nice lesson

Marcus Siepen	27th April 2008
Instructor (Blind Guardian)	Very nice Sergio

Unleash-The-Shred	27th April 2008
Member	Nice job.

Jerry Arcidiacono	28th April 2008
Instructor	Cool lesson Sergio.