Comments on: "You're musical"

By: stilllifeinbuenosaires

stilllifeinbuenosaires — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 03:08:02 +0000

That’s beautiful. I love those moments.

I need to stop saying, “I’m a beginner,” as well. It seems to extinguish a little mystery or initial spark. Good luck to you.

By: La Tanguera

La Tanguera — Sun, 11 May 2008 00:38:56 +0000

Dear TangoPadawan,

You are right–at the end of the day, all this is really about is listening to the music with your heart, and dancing with your heart. This can always be felt, without mistake.

By: tangopadawan

tangopadawan — Thu, 01 May 2008 16:20:14 +0000

Thanks Salycat!

Hi David, I agree with that impression. I believe most dancers get into steps mode and forget about the music. I’ve met dancers that don’t like it specially, others that have never had the curiosity to get to know what they’re singing… It’s very confusing to me. If the lyrics complement the music it’s a wonderful experience to dance to it!

I am going to post soon an entry concerning musicality and some views on how one should try and teach it. It’s tricky though, it takes a lot of time to develop and it is related to a very particular side of the personality. Some people just don’t feel much hearing music.

By: David

David — Thu, 01 May 2008 09:29:56 +0000

Good musicality seems to be quite a rare commodity amongst leaders. I was talking to a follower friend this weekend and she made the comment that she liked my musicality. As the conversation continued it seemed apparent that there were very few leaders she considered to have that quality. I asked her who in this milonga was musical and she pointed out less than 10% of the leaders there. Now assuming she only knows half the leaders there, that’s still quite a small proportion.

By: sallycat

sallycat — Thu, 01 May 2008 05:21:48 +0000

Hey, thanks for the link in this post, and for reading my blog.
It’s lovely to read about your experience too.
May you have many more like this one.
Suerte from Buenos Aires!
SC