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Comment on Estranged by Traditional Chinese Herbs

Mon, 14 Jun 2010 13:22:05 +0000

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Comment on Diversity by Tyler Proto

Sun, 07 Feb 2010 17:12:19 +0000

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Comment on Flurries in BsAs by Captain Jep

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 12:47:31 +0000

Nice blog. I enjoyed reading one that is only tangentially concerned with tango as a dance. This is more about embracing “tango as a lifestyle”.

What’s your history? Have you danced tango for many years as well and only more recently been playing it?

Comment on Undeniably Contagious by KonstantinMiller

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:06:39 +0000

Hi. I like the way you write. Will you post some more articles?

Comment on Remembering a Friend by Pablo

Sat, 01 Mar 2008 07:29:55 +0000

Hello,

I am Roman’s old school friend from Buenos Aires. We have been out of touch for some years, and now wanted to get back in touch. I have read the very bad news….I will really appreciate if you could send me any information about what happened to Roman.

Much appreciated,

Pablo

Comment on The Ultimate Goal? by Weeble

Thu, 08 Nov 2007 19:30:12 +0000

I could not agree with you more. What surprises me though is how few people appear to seek deep and meaningful connection. At least within the environs that I’ve been exposed to in life…

Comment on Necessity is the Mother of Invention by Wahoo

Sat, 06 Oct 2007 16:34:40 +0000

Thank you for sharing!

Comment on Undeniably Contagious by anonomous

Sat, 08 Jul 2006 04:08:35 +0000

I hope you know you are a very insightful man and you change the way i look at life.

Comment on Las Cuerdas son un Otro Tipo de Animal by Dom

Mon, 29 May 2006 17:54:51 +0000

Yes, I agree completely and am trying to follow the same route. Because as you said, it seems like the most natural method. If it comes naturally, it will probably occur at the right time and maybe only once (or twice) in a song (for a paticular type of adornment). But yes, we should not focus on the frequency, place, or overanalyze the technique. Instead, we should just let it happen.

Comment on Las Cuerdas son un Otro Tipo de Animal by Valerie

Mon, 29 May 2006 12:35:51 +0000

It’s funny, for a while I struggled with when to play adornments in Tango. One day I realized that adornments in the music are just like adornments in the dance, which isn’t surprising. The knowledge of when to do them (and how to do them) comes naturally when you have mastered the fundamentals of Tango dancing or playing.

When I began to dance Tango, adornments really frustrated me. They felt awkward and I didn’t feel like I could do them right. Finally, I just decided not to do them and to concentrate instead on posture, timing, and walking, and on exercises to practice getting ready for adornments. And you know what? One day they arrived by themselves and felt totally natural.

Now that I’ve started playing a little bit of Tango violin, I don’t do adornments (except when I’m copying someone’s interpretation in order to study it). I’m hoping it will happen exactly the way it happened when I was dancing: one day, when the fundamental technique is there, adornments will come out of me. We’ll see whether I’m right.