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Milonga

Milonga is tango's quick rhythm, danced in two: 452 songs, 252 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 (12,654 of 86,422)

Counted: 86,422 of 190,848 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 4,619)
Second dance: 12.2% (463 of 3,796)
Third dance: 28.7% (698 of 2,431)
Fourth dance: 29.5% (372 of 1,260)
Fifth dance: 22.2% (57 of 257)

Counted: 12,363 of 190,848 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

    565
  • La cicatriz

    Milonga · Juan D'Arienzo

    537
  • Milonga del recuerdo

    Milonga · Juan D'Arienzo

    529
  • Ella es así

    Milonga · Edgardo Donato

    427
  • Estampa de varón

    Milonga · Juan D'Arienzo

    413

452 songs