The course focuses on providing the knowledge and skills to approach the composition of tango arrangements aesthetically, stylistically and technically.
It begins with an analysis of the elements that coexist and shape a musical arrangement. The essential technical elements of the genre, its development and notation within an arrangement, the general planning of the work and the study of compositional tools.
The dynamic of the course is asynchronous, with classes recorded in high resolution audio and video.
Course programme:
Work methodology
The function of the musical arranger
Basic orchestral roles
Tango melody
Fraseo in tango (notation and analysis)
Solo, Soli and Tutti
Melodic ornamentation in Tango.
Articulation and accents (notation and analysis)
Melody on the piano (different arrangements and notation)
Melody on the piano with the orchestra
Bass lines
Lower limit of intervals
Mixed timbres
Ornamentation in bass lines
Usual harmonic uses in Tango ( analysis and historical origins)
Re-harmonization processes and tools.
Counterpoint.
Bandoneón, instrumentology, notation and analysis.
