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Milonga

Milonga is tango's quick rhythm, danced in two: 452 songs, 251 of them with a filmed Dance.

Milonga is 5.1% of recordings and 14.6% of filmed Dances
5.1% of recordings (648 of 12,742)
14.6% of filmed Dances (12,395 of 84,681)

Counted: 84,681 of 189,572 filmed Dances, those whose song names one recording; the others have no song named or no known take. Filmed means mostly stage performances, not all social dancing.

Milonga, by place in a filmed Performance

First dance: 2.6% (119 of 4,555)
Second dance: 12.2% (456 of 3,725)
Third dance: 28.6% (681 of 2,385)
Fourth dance: 29.6% (367 of 1,240)
Fifth dance: 22.1% (56 of 253)

Counted: 12,158 of 189,572 filmed Dances, those whose video title gives the number, such as 2/4, and whose song names one recording. A Dance without a number in its title has no known place.

The most danced

  • Reliquias porteñas

    Milonga · Francisco Canaro

    554
  • La cicatriz

    Milonga · Juan D'Arienzo

    521
  • Milonga del recuerdo

    Milonga · Juan D'Arienzo

    519
  • Ella es así

    Milonga · Edgardo Donato

    419
  • Estampa de varón

    Milonga · Juan D'Arienzo

    410

55 songs