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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

22 songs

  • Tabú

    Milonga · Juan D'Arienzo

    1
  • Taconear porteño

    Milonga

  • Taco suela y punta

    Milonga · Juan de Dios Filiberto

    1
  • Tamborilera

    Milonga · Juan José Paz

  • Tambor moreno

    Milonga · Carlos Lázzari, Juan Polito

  • Taquito militar

    Milonga · Mariano Mores

    33
  • Taruchito

    Milonga

  • Tata no quiere

    Milonga · René Ruiz

  • Te vas milonga

    Milonga · Horacio Salgan y Ubaldo De Lio

    20
  • Tiempos que nunca olvido

    Milonga · Enrique Rodríguez

  • Tiento crudo

    Milonga · Víctor Braña

  • Tirando a matar

    Milonga · Juan D'Arienzo

    4
  • Todos el fuegos el fuego

    Milonga · Francisco Ferrero

  • Todos te quieren

    Milonga · Ángel D'Agostino

    60
  • Toma mate toma mate

    Milonga

  • Tonadita amiga

    Milonga

  • Tortazos

    Milonga · Osvaldo Pugliese

    4
  • Trampa

    Milonga · Fulvio Salamanca, Juan D'Arienzo

  • Trapitos

    Milonga · José Canet

  • Tremolina

    Milonga · Color Tango (Roberto Alvarez)

    1
  • Troileana

    Milonga

  • Tu vuelta

    Milonga