Tango
An Argentine-Uruguayan urban dance — syncopated, sharp, with bandoneon
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Tango is an urban dance music of Argentina and Uruguay: duple or quadruple time, syncopated and sharply accented, with accents often falling where you do not expect. Bandoneon, piano, violin and double bass form the typical ensemble; Piazzolla carried it from the dance hall to the concert stage.
It is related to the habanera, but tango is faster, harder and more urban; it also differs from the milonga, which is earlier and lighter, while tango is more dramatic. The usual mistake is to think tango is only dance — its music has a full instrumental tradition and exists without the dance.
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- 探戈的音乐特征与班多钮的核心地位，参 The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, "Tango"；本文为原创表述
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