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Milonga

Milonga is tango's quick rhythm, danced in two: 452 songs, 258 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 (12,778 of 87,225)

Counted: 87,225 of 191,359 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 4,665)
Second dance: 12.2% (469 of 3,835)
Third dance: 28.6% (703 of 2,454)
Fourth dance: 29.6% (377 of 1,274)
Fifth dance: 22.5% (58 of 258)

Counted: 12,486 of 191,359 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

    570
  • La cicatriz

    Milonga · Juan D'Arienzo

    545
  • Milonga del recuerdo

    Milonga · Juan D'Arienzo

    538
  • Ella es así

    Milonga · Edgardo Donato

    429
  • Estampa de varón

    Milonga · Juan D'Arienzo

    413

452 songs

  • Zapatos

    Milonga · Horacio Sanguinetti

  • Zorzal

    Milonga · Carlos Di Sarli

    69