THE wWoRK ‘This is Fake Book, a uinigo analog te the popular jazz Fake Books, To that ud, iis intentionally without jons,rhytlinie saviations ete, Interpretation is entively up to the performer: Te expressive markings, sthout tempe is, of conse, necessary to be fhailiae vith the Lange performance style in order to big this book 40 hile. I ie ao yond for the student of tango, and for dhe anranes All ranscriptions were: done by mies the nus" i the charts sa four years Mark Arbur Woinan, Tae these over the course of more th They were done as necessity dictated more or less, Some were dene for pew WM Ae ‘ ure, or convet another existing inaccurate chart, or because i couldet find — ae, see te F any sition masic, When i fia the idea of The Tangy Fake Book. then ibegan to mrake them hecause i thought something in particular should be inclu FFE ee ® Lhave tried to simplify avelodies as such as possible, to get a the amaclornedd esenee of any vane, Why chutter things up with a bunch of markings in a element arrangement ala Korn? My idea is specifically @ net influence a peaformanee, co allo fall Hosver of creativity froin a perforin the moment of performance, oF when heginning an entirely new arrangement ‘Some pieces are easier than others 10 distil fiom a comiples artangement, Piazzallas essential msc ideas ave tabnost inseparable fi ements; Pugliese can present the same difficulties, But insofar asi is posible, i have rom his arrany tried to eliminate inccations of an actual arrangement. Make sour own ones yor monies age nol obviows, or where i could not determine a single basic harmony, have provided alternates for ex., Uni, Or mlody tov alle ig Aw T made most of the tangus in 2/4. "Fang srems abvionsly, wo me, to be in 2/4 ic is generally danceel avo steps cl say hat all tango should be writ per measure, and i think the music reflects this, ‘Thee days mny people disagnes, tein 4/4, Modern ungo, especially Piazzolla, Mosalini, Beytelmann and so on, can be and perhaps should be, and so i mack an exception for the Piazrolls tangas anid tmanseribeel ther jn 4/4, ‘The desig of the book, cover included. is wine 190. isin MI size paper: ‘The cose tile font is Metro Reto hy Niek Custis, REPERTOIRE The choice of repertoire was a hit haphazard. 1 know most of these tanges because i played them offen. Some sor’ fron the very beginning of iny experience plaving in SF (Loca, OMvion, Cimpantlal. These happened to he the ones chown by Dale Meyer for as to play: Some were from arrangements of erquesta paris. Some are here heave af sheer ORGANITO DELA “NRE -A HHH HrBSean ca heard fantastie perortnances or recordings. Some are here because someone told me 10 live without ther “Choro, Cumparsita ee. OF some i Jour them or aranscribe then, ati had to peefaren them, maybe with a singer, hich fs Uwhtere most ofthe eanciénes eam from, Some just because i Hove them andl i can' Hive a without them ‘Organi de le fnde for example’. Some perhaps ate not so well known, but ikea them and fel tat they should be playvel mone