{"id":8052,"date":"2022-06-10T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-10T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pianote.com\/blog\/?p=8052"},"modified":"2023-01-11T15:12:15","modified_gmt":"2023-01-11T23:12:15","slug":"tango-piano-101","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pianote.com\/blog\/tango-piano-101\/","title":{"rendered":"Tango Piano 101"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Get ready to tango! In this lesson, beloved YouTube pianist and Pianote Coach Sangah Noona will teach you two key rhythms in tango music. Take these ideas and integrate them into any song you like!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you want to learn more from Sangah, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pianote.com\/trial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>try Pianote seven days for free<\/strong><\/a> to access Sangah\u2019s course, Expanding Your Musical Style.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<center><a class=\"join\" href=\"https:\/\/d1923uyy6spedc.cloudfront.net\/Tango%20Piano%20101%20-%20Score-1654534514.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DOWNLOAD SHEET MUSIC PDF<\/a><\/center>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:28px\"><strong>Tango Rhythm #1<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This rhythm is pretty simple. In common time, it looks like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musora.com\/musora-cdn\/image\/quality=85\/https:\/\/pianote.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/blog\/2022\/Tango%20Piano%20101\/tango-1.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Now let\u2019s add a simple chord progression in here by going from Am to E and back again. We\u2019ll end on an E7 &#8211; Am progression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musora.com\/musora-cdn\/image\/quality=85\/https:\/\/pianote.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/blog\/2022\/Tango%20Piano%20101\/tango-2.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Having a strong, rhythmic feel in your playing is important for giving character to your tango!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<span class=\"blue-text-block\">\ud83c\udfb9 <b><i>ABOUT SANGAH NOONA:<\/i><\/b> Sangah started her piano journey at the age five, completing her major in jazz piano and having a flourishing career in South Korea before moving to the United States in 2010. As an experienced performer and technical guru on the keys, Sangah Noona is an incredibly versatile pianist that can play in just about any and every style.<\/span>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:28px\"><strong>Tango Rhythm #2<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This rhythm is iconic to tango music. You\u2019ll likely recognize it right away! (If not, listen to <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/tSsNFPk2vNA\">this<\/a>.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For this rhythm, we\u2019ll outline a chord using octaves and fifths:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musora.com\/musora-cdn\/image\/quality=85\/https:\/\/pianote.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/blog\/2022\/Tango%20Piano%20101\/tango-4.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Then, we\u2019ll add chords with our right hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musora.com\/musora-cdn\/image\/quality=85\/https:\/\/pianote.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/blog\/2022\/Tango%20Piano%20101\/tango-5.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And those are your two tango rhythms! If you want to learn more from Sangah Noona, take a peek into the Pianote Membership with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pianote.com\/trial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">7-day free trial<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<span class=\"blue-text-block\"><center><h2 style=\"font-size:22px\"><b>\ud83c\udfb9 Your Go-To Place for All Things Piano<\/b><\/h2><p>Subscribe to <i>The Note<\/i> for exclusive interviews, fascinating articles, and inspiring lessons delivered straight to your inbox. Unsubscribe at any time.<\/p><iframe class=\"email-form-include\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pianote.com\/weeklyemail\" frameborder=\"none\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/span>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spice up your piano playing with some tango rhythms! In this lesson, Sangah Noona shows you how to play two iconic tango patterns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[521,524,509],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rhythm","category-styles","category-technique"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pianote.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pianote.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pianote.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pianote.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pianote.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8052"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.pianote.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8052\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8056,"href":"https:\/\/www.pianote.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8052\/revisions\/8056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pianote.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pianote.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pianote.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}