Week 4: Tango Tempest 
Welcome to the Main Thread for the fourth week of "Song and Dance" practice challenge!
Choose a piece that is inspired or transcribed from a song or a dance. It could be a lively south-american danza, a passionate tango, a serene romantic lied, or a poignant aria transcribed for the guitar. You're welcome to explore pieces from unfamiliar composers or challenge yourself with a complex work.
Commit to daily practice and share your journey with the community. Aim to practice every day and upload at least two videos each week to illustrate your progress. This will not only help you stay committed and encouraged but will also allow you to share your musical voyage with our tonebase family.
Share your favorite piece or recording that embodies the theme of "Song and Dance." Your submission will serve as an inspiration to others and create a vibrant pool of potential pieces for other members to delve into.
↓ Happy Sharing! ↓
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For my last piece for this challenge, I am posting another Abel Carlevaro dance composition, entitled "Milonga Oriental." This piece was written in the 1960s and was included in his Vincente Vallegos album, "The Golden Guitar of Folklore." While this piece is based on the milonga dance rhythm, Carlevaro instills in it a dissonant tonal pallet, which is reminiscent of his "Preludios Americanos." Carlevaro rediscovered the manuscript in the 1990s and published it in 1994 with Chanterelle.
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Dale Needles That was great, Dale. That was immediately recognizable as Carlevaro. Your performance really brought out the rhythm. Great piece.
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Dale Needles Great performance Dale!
I remember your audio submission of it, but that's far better to see you in action! I first discovered this piece a bit before we met here and it's on my long todo list of work to play! 
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Jack Stewart Blaise Laflamme Thanks. It is a great piece and well worth learning.
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Dale Needles Is one of those pieces that you needed a second listening to appreciate. It sounded like some of Brouwer's etude or rather Brouwer's etude sounded like this. Thank you for sharing this!
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Dale Needles That's one of my favorites of his. I like when a composer takes a traditional form and really pushes it to the limit. I messed with this before and I thought it fits under the fingers pretty well, but it's really tough with so much going on. Really good work on this, Dale.
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don Thanks. Yes, it does take some adjustment in your listening to appreciate his use of dissonance. I also agree that there are some similarities between Carlevaro and Brouwer. Both use regional folkloric rhythms in their music and both use a lot of dissonance. They met each other for the first time in 1977 at a musical festival in France. I believe they had great respect for each other.
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Steve Price Thanks, I am glad you like this piece. It is also one of my favorites. I like to pair it with Milonga para Ling.
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Dale Needles Dale, your playing is always so clean and warm - it's really enjoyable to listen to. By the way, I noticed an interesting object behind you. Is that some type of ancient instrument or just a cushion? If it is indeed an instrument, would you make a video of it!
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Wai Thanks. The instrument that you saw in the background is a Setar. Not to be confused with a sitar, the setar is an Persian string instrument. I took some lessons a few years ago and pulled it out recently and was thinking of giving it a go again. Not quite ready to play anything but maybe someday.
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Pietro Paulo Borrono – Pescatore che va cantando
This is a piece of early Italian Renaissance music, published in 1536. Borrono (c. 1490-1563), was a contemporary of Francesco da Milano. The title means “Fisherman who goes singing” and so I offer it in this challenge as part of the “song” category (why not?). I really like the way it plays around with what we would now call major and minor tonality.
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Eric Phillips Well done, Eric. This has a very stately bearing that you present effectively. I listened with my eyes closed and your performance was masterful. The lute repertoire that you present here is always first rate. Very impressive.
Oh, and I realized that I failed to compliment your duet performance with Steve (as it was listed under his posting). Great job there as well.
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Jack Stewart Thank you on both accounts, Jack!
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Eric Phillips Beautiful as usual! Is there a singing part too? Would be great if you can get a vocalist to collaborate with the Dowland pieces.
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don I am not aware of this being an actual song with lyrics. Maybe it is and I just don't know it. Yes, it would be great to collaborate with a vocalist. I certainly would not punish the community by making anyone listen to me sing.
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Eric Phillips I totally see you as a Troubadour playing lute while signing!
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Eric Phillips That's really good, Eric. You mentioned playing with the tonality and I think that's part of what makes some music hard for me to play through. I'm so used to music being "by the rules" and I guess this was before they were established. Great job on this.
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Blaise Laflamme
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Eric Phillips
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Steve Price Thanks, Steve. Yes, at first when playing it, I wondered if there were some misprints, but as I read on, I saw that it was intended. It gives the piece real character.
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Eric Phillips This was a real treat, Eric. I agree with Jack Stewart - very stately. This piece reminds me of a copy of a painting my family had on the wall while I was growing up...
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Eric Phillips Very nice playing Steve. The piece is flowing so smoothly. This is a treat to listen to.
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Steve Pederson Thanks, Steve. Do you think that fisherman is singing?
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Andre Bernier Thanks, Andre!
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Blaise Laflamme he strikes me of a travelling bard.
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