About the Tango Composition
The composition of the Argentine Tango #1 emanated from my practicing for the Memorial last March of my old friend who passed away. (RIP Friar). The Tango just came to me and I found a theme from playing around between practices. It was a process of development up till this last week where the Muse and I debated and fought over its finale. I had to shut her down and wrap this up. Through the process I developed each section as the ideas evolved. To a point I had to relearn a couple sections of fingerings etc. I think the idea for tango and its rhythm came to me from learning the Habanera by Ferracin.
THE FORM (structure):
It is made of one principle section comprising a back and forth thematic response between 2 subthemes that renders out with a solo riff at the end by yours truly. This section is used 3x through the piece.
It has a middle section of my guitar solo, and a finale which was the great debate between my muse and my concepts of staying loyal to the dance. She won and I labored.
The Finale goes back and forth between D major and D minor with the slow mesmerizing harmonica floating far above the ostinato guitar letting the listener to just let it go.
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2. NUTS AND BOLTS:
I used the Zoom 4k video recorder and a Zoom handheld audio recorder. I mic recorded the Guitar on the Shure SM81. While the harmonica was both used in an overdub and also while playing mic'd up.
The post work on the audio I used Adobes Audition and also Audacity. For video all work was done inside Adobe Premiere 2026.
The Guitar was my first recording on my new guitar the Yamaha Red Label FGX3 acoustic electric guitar.
it is a littles maller guitar than my Guild and is enabling me to get back to classical guitar technique and pieces to come.
