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tango techniqueTechnique: Tango technique is very specific and hard to find. How do you do tambor (the pizz techique that sounds very percussive)From Hebe de Champeaux chicharra: place bow where wrap begins and bow short strokes, presssing hard tambor:????
From Kevin Huang
Whoops, almost overlooked this topic. Posted on June 8, 2006 at 05:05 AM When I play the tango, I'm usually accompanying dancers. Hence I try to match my violin playing movements to what the dancers are doing. That's my general approach to accompanying dancers, whether it's in classical ballet or jazz or tap or anything else where live musicians are employed to provide rhythm. I don't know my tango terms very well, but "tambor" seems to me the explosive pizz that is used to punctuate phrases (usually the ends of phrases). Because so many tango licks require pizzes to come immediately after bowing, I usually use my LEFT hand to pizz instead of my right one. Generally I just can't retain a semblance of smooth phrasing when I'm pizz-ing with my right hand in those instances. I don't know exactly what a "chicharra" is either, but I think I have an idea of what and how it operates. I'll often play hard short beats along with the percussion, especially to emphasize the "masculine" aspects of the tango. I tend to put my bow into the string and then rip short downstrokes. The key is NOT to leave the bow on the string, as that'll screw up the rhythm and deaden the resonance of the vibrating string. In the same way, tango players can use the middle or the upper half of the bow to play less heavy handed accents in a rhythm setting. From Popovici Alexandru
Well, Tambor is actually a simple pizzicato technique that sounds like a little drum. To do it, put your fingernail on the right side of the G string, so that the finger is located somewhere between the two strings (the most used finger for this is the second finger) and pluck the G string normally, with the right-hand. Don't press the nail against the string, just touch the string lightly with it, you don't want to get any pitch. It sounds great, listen to some Piazzolla records and you'll understand what I'm talking about.
Posted on February 27, 2008 at 05:14 PM From MIchael Palmer
Check out Fernando Suarez Paz's violin technique (from 00:52)Posted on May 22, 2008 at 01:27 AM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHKyidgL1ZY&feature=related It's only a short example, but at least you can get a look at how he's doing the tambor and liger. From Marianne Hansen
Not specifically tango technique - although it is used in many recordings of Amanecer and that's where I heard it - any ideas on how to do the birdsong thing? Thanks!
Posted on May 22, 2008 at 01:32 PM From MIchael Palmer
Sorry Marianne, I can't really answer your question, but back to tango technique, I found a set of great videos by violinist Jeremy Cohen of Quartet San Francisco:Posted on May 24, 2008 at 02:45 AM Introduction: Arrestre: Chicharra: Articulating Tango Technique: Strapatta: Triplet Pizzicato: Latigo: Also at the quartet's website: From Marianne Hansen
These are spectacular! Tango is on my list of things to play when I bring my technique up to snuff. So I am very excited to see them. Thanks! (If someone else does happen to know about the birdsong, I'd be glad to hear it any time.)
Posted on May 24, 2008 at 07:14 PM |
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