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Y-2-H
08-25-2009, 10:09 AM
Are there any connections between the flamenco palo Tarantas and the classical form Tarantella? It’s just that they have similar names.

Come to think of it... let me ask the same question about Rondeña and Rondo.
deteresa
08-25-2009, 07:02 PM
Both coincidences..
People from eastern Andalucia are called Tarantos, and so is the palo from that region. Tarantella (Italian) I think was supposed to be a dance that you would do when you got a tarantula bite to get rid of the poison from what I've heard.;)

Rondeña similarly is a flamenco song form from the village of Ronda, Rondo is an old musical form that I believe comes from the word "round".
Y-2-H
08-26-2009, 08:52 AM
OK let me ask the same question about Tango and Tangos. I’ve really been wondering :confused:
ssante
08-26-2009, 11:49 AM
OK let me ask the same question about Tango and Tangos. I’ve really been wondering :confused:

Is this some sort of weird test? These answers are available readily online.
:p
Y-2-H
08-26-2009, 01:56 PM
Is this some sort of weird test? These answers are available readily online.
:p
Believe me I’ve tried online before asking you guys. :$
deteresa
08-26-2009, 02:15 PM
OK let me ask the same question about Tango and Tangos. I’ve really been wondering :confused:

Well...that is a little more complicated. No one knows for sure how closely the two were historically related, how much cross-cultural influence there was or which had the name first.
At this point there is basically no musical similarity between the two except for 4/4 time (and different accents even there).

From what I've heard "tangos" is an onomatopoeia for the sound of the guitar or the dancers steps. Maybe the same applies to the Argentine Tango, and just the name was taken from one or the other at some point.
Y-2-H
08-31-2009, 12:50 PM
Well...that is a little more complicated. No one knows for sure how closely the two were historically related, how much cross-cultural influence there was or which had the name first.
At this point there is basically no musical similarity between the two except for 4/4 time (and different accents even there).

From what I've heard "tangos" is an onomatopoeia for the sound of the guitar or the dancers steps. Maybe the same applies to the Argentine Tango, and just the name was taken from one or the other at some point.
Thanks!