Fundamentals – Pro

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Last Update August 9, 2022
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About This Course

The main goal of this course is to provide you with the fundamentals to play Tango music in an authentic way, through an efficient and dynamic method that allows you to improve your skills at your own pace. How do we do that? With a well-planned syllabus, video classes on-demand, a downloadable e-book to accompany each lesson, music scores and much more.

We love tango and we love teaching, that’s why we are so detailed (and so good) at what we do!

What will you be able to do by completing all the lessons in this course?
If you complete all the lessons, take advantage of the complementary material and practise enough, at the end of this course you will be in a position to play tango on your own, accompany singers or be part of a group. How cool is that? 😉

Songs covered in this course:
  • Caminito
  • La Última Curda
  • Por Una Cabeza
  • Sur
  • Novia Provinciana
  • Malena
  • Mi Vieja Viola
  • El Choclo

Learning Objectives

To learn the main parameters of tango music, such as rhythm, harmony, melody, ornaments, bass lines, and more.
To develop the specific technique that Tango music needs.
To be able to accompany singers or melodic instruments, combining rhythms with ornaments such as “rellenos” and “bordoneos”.
To enrich your harmonic language, using half-diminished or fully-diminished chords in your songs.
To diversify and vary the way you play your melodies, adding a personal stamp to each of them.

Material Includes

  • 13 video lessons
  • Complementary eBook on PDF
  • Music scores
  • Mp3 tango melodies to accompany with guitar (with dual tempo)
  • Additional Tango classics lead sheet scores (20)
  • Access to the students' community
  • Exclusive playlist with a selection of songs worked on in each course.
  • Special benefits for students (workshops, meetings and more!)

Requirements

  • Recommended for guitarists with at least a general knowledge of their instrument (such as chords, notes, basic rhythms, etc.) regardless of their technical skills or the musical styles that they usually play. If you have little or no experience in Tango and want to start exploring it, this course is for you!
  • Recommended study time for this course is no less than 8 weeks.

Curriculum

13 Lessons1h 40m

Class 1: Intro

A little about me / A little about Tango / About this course00:05:33

Class 2: Generalities of tango music

Class 3: Tango guitar technique

Class 4: Basic rhythms (part 1)

Class 5: Basic rhythms (part 2)

Class 6: Structure of a tango

Class 7: How to think and organize your chords

Class 8: Harmony: Diminished and half-diminished chords

Class 9: How to accompany a tango

Class 10: Tango ornaments: ‘Rellenos’ and ‘Bordoneos’

Class 11: Connecting passages

Class 12: The tango melody

Class 13: Summary and last tips

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149.00

Level
Beginner
Duration 1.7 hour
Lectures
13 lectures

Material Includes

  • 13 video lessons
  • Complementary eBook on PDF
  • Music scores
  • Mp3 tango melodies to accompany with guitar (with dual tempo)
  • Additional Tango classics lead sheet scores (20)
  • Access to the students' community
  • Exclusive playlist with a selection of songs worked on in each course.
  • Special benefits for students (workshops, meetings and more!)

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