{"id":7133,"date":"2016-11-16T17:16:53","date_gmt":"2016-11-16T16:16:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/endretango.com\/en\/rhythm-of-tango-vals-explained-clearly-and-plainly\/"},"modified":"2017-04-25T00:29:39","modified_gmt":"2017-04-24T22:29:39","slug":"rhythm-of-tango-vals-explained-very-clearly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/endretango.com\/en\/rhythm-of-tango-vals-explained-very-clearly\/","title":{"rendered":"Rhythm of tango vals explained very clearly"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_3304\" style=\"width: 296px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/endretango.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/tango-vals.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3304\" class=\"wp-image-3304\" src=\"https:\/\/endretango.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/tango-vals-300x129.png\" alt=\"tango vals rhytm\" width=\"286\" height=\"123\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3304\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tango vals<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In this entry we&#8217;ll take a look videos explaining the <strong>rhythm of tango <\/strong>vals<strong>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Amongst our <a href=\"https:\/\/endretango.com\/en\/argentine-tango-videos\/\" target=\"_blank\">other\u00a0<\/a>posts you&#8217;ll find the explanation of <a href=\"https:\/\/endretango.com\/en\/the-milonga-rhythm-a-clear-and-simple-description\/\" target=\"_blank\">milonga rhythm<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Before we set off to explore the musicality of vals, let me show you my favorite song!<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<h4>Alfredo De Angelis: Pobre Flor \u2013 Sebastian Arce &amp; Mariana Montes<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/RfOM8pxafzg?rel=0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>What&#8217;s the base of vals rhythm?<\/h3>\n<p>Tango vals has a rhythm of 3\/4 time signature. This means that within a bar there are three beat units. The numbers 1-2-3 together represent a bar.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1-2-3 1-2-3 1-2-3 1-2-3, etc.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The rhythm of tango vals is exactly the same as that of Viennese waltz,\u00a0the difference is in the speed. Viennese waltz is much slower, therefore allows for a step on each beat unit. Tango vals is much faster so normally a step is only made on the first, accentuated beat in each bar.<\/p>\n<p>To provide an easy and comprehensive explanation we&#8217;ll use the following notations:<br \/>\n<strong>step\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211; a step on the accentuated beat<br \/>\n<strong>pause\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211; pause, rest, no step on the beat<\/p>\n<p>Keeping the above in mind, let&#8217;s take a look at different rhythmical variations.<\/p>\n<h3>First case:\u00a0Base tempo<\/h3>\n<p>base tempo &#8211; \u00a0we only step on the accentuated beat, which is the first one of each bar:<br \/>\n<strong>\u00a0 \u00a01<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 2 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 3 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<strong>1 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong> 2 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 3 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<strong>1<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 2 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a03 etc.<br \/>\n<strong>step<\/strong>\u00a0pause pause |<strong> step\u00a0<\/strong>pause pause <strong>|step\u00a0<\/strong>pause pause |<\/p>\n<h3>Second case: double tempo + 2nd beat:<\/h3>\n<p>double tempo combined with a step on the second beat &#8211;\u00a0as compared to the base tempo an additional step is made on the second beat of every second bar<\/p>\n<p><strong>1<\/strong> <strong>2<\/strong> 3\u00a0 <strong>1<\/strong> 2 3\u00a0 <strong>1<\/strong> <strong>2<\/strong> 3\u00a0 <strong>1<\/strong> 2 3<br \/>\n<b>step step\u00a0<\/b>pause\u00a0|<b>step<\/b> <b>\u00a0<\/b>pause pause |<b>step step\u00a0<\/b>pause\u00a0| <b>step<\/b> <b>\u00a0<\/b>pause pause |etc<\/p>\n<h3>Third Case: double tempo + 3rd beat:<\/h3>\n<p>double tempo with a \u00a0step on the third beat<br \/>\n\u2013 in addition to the base tempo, a step is made on the third accent of every second bar<\/p>\n<p><strong>1<\/strong> 2 <strong>3<\/strong>\u00a0 <strong>1<\/strong> 2 3\u00a0 <strong>1<\/strong> 2 <strong>3<\/strong>\u00a0 <strong>1<\/strong> 2 3 etc.<br \/>\n<b>step<\/b>\u00a0pause <b>step<\/b> |<strong>\u00a0step<\/strong>\u00a0pause pause |<b>step<\/b>\u00a0pause <b>step<\/b> |<strong>\u00a0step<\/strong>\u00a0pause pause | etc.<\/p>\n<p>Once you are confident of your bases, have a fix axis, you don&#8217;t have to look for those steps in your memory; once the follower feels secure both in your open embrace and close embrace; when you start noticing and feeling the music &#8211; start playing with the different rhythms! Your dance will improve and become more exciting: dance double tempo with your partner; lead double tempo to the partner whilst you only dance single tempo and vice versa.<\/p>\n<p>Hopefully by now you have started to appreciate the possibilities of vals.\u00a0To bring it even closer, take a look at these videos demonstrating the first two rhythmical variations:<br \/>\nPractice tips:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Follow the rhythm by tapping with your hand<\/li>\n<li>Follow the rhythm by trying to step on beats when alone<\/li>\n<li>Do the same with partners<\/li>\n<li>Play with it, try different songs and different variations!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/LQ3AaUF21QI?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>There we go!<\/p>\n<p>Now that you dance fluent vals, take a look at some of the <a href=\"https:\/\/endretango.com\/en\/argentine-tango-videos\/\">other lessons<\/a>\u00a0too ;)<\/p>\n<p>Share this post with others &#8211; they might find it useful too :) !<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rhythm of tango vals explained simply &#8211; with videos<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6036,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[220],"tags":[44,149,559,560],"class_list":["post-7133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-musicality","tag-argentin-tango-en","tag-mariana-montes-2","tag-sebastian-arce-en","tag-tang-vals","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/endretango.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7133"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/endretango.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/endretango.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/endretango.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/endretango.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7133"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/endretango.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7133\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/endretango.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/endretango.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/endretango.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/endretango.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}