Category: Musicality

Varieties in Vals »

Traditional Tango music is generally categorised as either Tango, Tango Vals (or Vals for short) and Tango milonga (milonga for short). There are sometimes even finer divisions, which I won’t go into here.
Just as in the more commonly-known Waltz, Vals has the familiar ‘1-2-3′ rhythm, with ‘1′ being the heavy beat. However, that is where [...]

Firstly, the music »

Attended a workshop by Gladys Fernandez and Ricardo Gallo tonight. Hard to believe it, but this year actually marks their fifth in Singapore! How time flies…
The content of the course can be summed up in a few words: feel the rhythm of the music and express it. The dynamics in Tango were expressed using the [...]