Tango

[ttw]

I swore off tangos, but I fell off the wagon

http://www.mediamax.com/sudoplatov/Hosted/tango715.mp3

[stevel]

Originally Posted by ttw

I swore off tangos, but I fell off the wagon

http://www.mediamax.com/sudoplatov/Hosted/tango715.mp3

no score? :-(

Steve

[ttw]

PDF of score is attached.

[PeterG]

Greetings Tony and thanks for sharing this tune.
Glad you did "fall off the wagon"; I always enoy your tango's. I do have some coments to share with you on this one;

- I enjoyed the theme and the key you chose for it. Very nice.
- have you considered some variation in the bass notes? For example you could have the first note 1 octave down from the one immediately following so that you add some more range to it. Or alternatively add a (higher) chord to the second 8th beat in the measure in stead of just one note. You'd keep the rhythm you want but add more to it I think. Or, have you considered ending the 16th notes in m.8 , left hand at the B (so forget the following notes in the measure for example? In general I'd say you could play more with the left hand and add to the mix with it.
- I can understand the change you propose in m.18 and onward, but for some reason it doesn't do very well. Are you completely happy with this part? I my view it should chant out in full color but it doesn't. Maybe it's the chosen chords? I don't know (maybe Steve does), but it didn't do it for me compared to the nice and strong theme.
- and then the two groups in m.21-23, right hand; I'd reverse the dynamics there as the second group is a step up from the first. This contrary in m.4-6 where the second one is down from the first and the mf fits very well.
- then towards the very end, m.69-70 I guess, I'd reconsider that entirely; my first impression was " what's that????"

Thanks for sharing the score and the tune. I enjoyed listening and understanding the notes in the score.

kind regards,
Peter

[ttw]

Good points. I'll try to address them in whatever I write next.