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Tanda
A tanda is a turn of dancing at a milonga, and by extension the set of pieces of music played for it. and En la milonga los bailes se agrupan en tandas de entre tres y cinco piezas, separadas por cortinas.†† Tanda: Usual tanda lengths: four pieces for tango tandas, three for milonga tandas. and Norma de la milonga: la tanda se baila completa con la misma pareja.††
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- 8:22Met Geraldine on the street, on Avenida Cabildo at a bus stop, while she was in a school uniform; that same night saw her on TV dancing with Los Auténticos Decadentes; his father later introduced them at Club Sin Rumbo, where she was dancing tanda after tanda with the same girl. She had just turned 15."JAVIER RODRIGUEZ... ... Tengo una pregunta para vos" por Pepa Palazon 1/3
- 28:35On building a tanda: says a DJ should mix a singer's few tandas across the orchestra's whole catalogue (e.g. one Florio, one Podestá, one Durán) rather than a rigid full tanda of a single singer, since it lets a DJ satisfy more people's taste for the same orchestra."JAVIER RODRIGUEZ... ... Tengo una pregunta para vos" por Pepa Palazon 3/3
- 46:21Closing advice to dancers: dance with your heart even if you dance badly, and learn to say no — to an invitation you don't feel, and to habits you've decided to give up — because a 'no' protects both people's tanda."JAVIER RODRIGUEZ... ... Tengo una pregunta para vos" por Pepa Palazon 3/3
- 10:46Describes his own DJ philosophy: musical judgment matters more than sticking to single-orchestra tandas; he likes mixing orchestras from the same era and mood (e.g. Francini-Pontier, Caló, Domingo Federico, Rotundo) so the tanda keeps a consistent atmosphere without becoming predictable, since golden-age orchestras' discographies are limited.HORACIO GODOY "EL PEBETE"... Tengo una pregunta para vos (por Pepa Palazon) -Video 01/03
- 8:28What makes a good tandaHORACIO GODOY "EL PEBETE"... Tengo una pregunta para vos (por Pepa Palazon) -Video 01/03
- 9:16Illustrates his tanda-building criteria with a story about an Italian DJ (heard as 'Donato', living in Brussels and working in France) who built a tanda mixing several orchestras' 1942-43 recordings -- the 'rich', more melodic years for most orchestras -- unified by mood rather than by a single orchestra.HORACIO GODOY "EL PEBETE"... Tengo una pregunta para vos (por Pepa Palazon) -Video 01/03
- 12:52Negro Molina, Petróleo, and the tandaTOTO FARALDO Tengo una pregunta para vos.. ENGLISH subtitles / Русские субтитры (by PEPA PALAZON)
- 26:36Recalls weeknight milongas ending around 1am, Saturdays around 2am (later 3am), tango's peak lasting until 1960 and a steep decline 1960-1964, and dance halls also playing jazz (Glenn Miller, Louis Armstrong) between tandas."CARLOS PEREZ Y ROSA FORTE TENGO UNA PREGUNTA PARA USTEDES" por Pepa Palazon 1/3
- 20:11Started as a DJ; when milonga owners in the 1990s wanted an unmovable cumbia tanda every 25 minutes, he negotiated by sitting with the regular tango crowd at the dinner tables (9-10:30pm) before the dancing started, taking their record requests, and grew the crowd from about 200 to over 500 without adding cumbia.HORACIO GODOY "EL PEBETE"... Tengo una pregunta para vos (por Pepa Palazon) -Video 03/03
- 29:07Says pre-1950s tango recordings (D'Arienzo/Echagüe, 'el Tuerto'/Fiorentino, Pugliese) had no added reverb, but 1950s recordings and later CD reissues (e.g. Tanturi with Castillo and Campos, recorded 1941-46) had reverb added; he says reverb mentally fatigues dancers after about 15 minutes, so he strips it out when he DJs and sequences tandas to avoid stacking reverb-heavy sets.HORACIO GODOY "EL PEBETE"... Tengo una pregunta para vos (por Pepa Palazon) -Video 03/03
- 5:34Describes the mid-century academy system: students bought 'fichas' (tickets) for classes; women earned tickets worth a tanda of three tangos per partner, with earnings split 50/50 between the woman and the academy owner.RAUL BRAVO Tengo una pregunta para vos (por Pepa Palazón) with ENGLISH subtitles / Русские субтитры
- 1:16Recalls that around 1960 milongas began changing: couples started lingering on the dance floor to talk between tandas, a habit that had not existed before, and that a man walking his partner back to her seat after a dance was a firm social custom."CARLOS PEREZ Y ROSA FORTE TENGO UNA PREGUNTA PARA USTEDES" por Pepa Palazon 2/3
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Glossary meaning A tanda is a turn of dancing at a milonga, and by extension the set of pieces of music played for it.
Single sourceGlossary meaning En la milonga los bailes se agrupan en tandas de entre tres y cinco piezas, separadas por cortinas.
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Usual tanda lengths: four pieces for tango tandas, three for milonga tandas.
Single sourceNorma de la milonga: la tanda se baila completa con la misma pareja.
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