As Argentine tango leads we are interpreters! We must transfer the thought (or feeling) in the music into an expression of movement for our partner with a comparable meaning. Techniques of interpretation include:

REFORMULATION (PARAPHRASING)

The most obvious way from music to movement. It happens by default, since literal transliteration of music into movement is virtually impossible.

SALAMI TECHNIQUE

Dividing a long musical sentence into meaningful “chunks” and interpreting them without a loss of meaning of the whole sentence. This technique is safest/easiest on the dance floor.

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EXPLANATION

Music may use circumlocutions (long roundabout ways of saying something which should have been short). Explain to your partner what you hear using more concise movements.

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