But in dhe end ig Li have compiled here a very good! collection of tango, an essential songlist for beginner ad experienced tango musician alike, There are represented here some of the sery fist anges, Uieough the Golde Age to miodern, coxering a wide range of tango styles, Inckaded are many of the , suc as Thoilo, Diseepolo, Sali, es tango composers are pre Filbert; alon swith one-hit wonders like Ernesto de la Cr > remember years ago, argentine bandoneunista Bocha Lopez ‘came 16 San Francisco, ALone point, he gave me alist of ranges to play. maybe 30 oF so, the standard ones tat he knew for any gig. looked the list and thought, hrum, know one, wo, Ganpurita, Chol, no more, Now iam familiar sith ther all, and they are here. Another time ir Heinen, a DJ and tango dance teacher with a very nice milonga in Amsterdam, gave me his list of Ue hest tangusa group should play: Again, + knew several, but not many. Jearned then, lransertbed them, and they too are all hordes and then ineludeet then here UVhis has happened a few times, and each time i wrote out the melody and TANGO ‘Tango is the mosi beautiful, profound, passionate complete music i have ever heard. Tsay complete, because it's got everything in t that i like best in muse, all the various styles that i have played. Its gor the audacious power of rork, the diet a 1 ravness and compelling rhythm of folk music, some of she harmonies, an! all of the improvisational freedon of jazz, And classical i wed absolutely everything i cver karnedd studying classical to play go well. Every chop, every tude, all my technique, interpretive skills, all po into tango, because all she infamous difficulties are present: all the blistering. runs of octaves, thirds, wills, scales, arpeagios, melting legato, and lovely shaping and shading of phrase that you would hear in an average Horowitz or Toscanini performance are all used in good tango performances. In every good tango revording there is much subtly, balanee, grace, elegance, 1 feel that any number of tango pianists ean, at the very Teas, hold their own against many of the great clasical pianists, Horavio Salgin ix a fabulous pianist by any standaee, “Phere are three basic chythme in tangoscango, mnilonga ancl vals, A tango has that basic 2/4 for 4/4) tange feel that we all know and fove, A tango vals haya 4/4 rhythm And a myilonga fein 2/4, but has a quicker fel ‘vith a characteristic aving due to a syncopated accent in every mi e anticipation of the 2d beat. I have incluied here a selection of all three types of tango. LAST COMMENTS: his work isnot done. How can it be? ‘There are a billion beausifl tangos in the world. Taam always adding new fons, Lean't help it. Iesan obsesion, ceally iresistible, ‘There are so many more 1o do. Do you know a tango, your Rivorite that unbearably beautifl, irwsitible thing you cart get oat of your head? Let ane know, andl it may be included in the nex’ sition, The Tango Fake Book, Volume 2. So say beaut anges, imilongas andi vals in the world Do you have comments? criticism? information, such as dates of composition? Do you see a mistake? Please let rie know. Lam glad to hear from users of this hook. Look forthe Ta Fake Book, Volume 2, with a completely new selection of tangos; and the Voeal Tango Fake Book, both coming soon,