Argentine Tango Books
by Thomas Rasche
by Thomas Rasche
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Rasche Notation
Notebooks (D) Class Companion Tango eBooks |
Bristol Cranes
Detail Train eBooks eStationary |
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Welcome ! This page provides you with
information about the Tango books written by T.Rasche.
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The authoritative book for Rasche Notation
The unique and complete system for notating Tango |
Argentine Tango Class Companion Tango is more than a dance... |
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Rasche Notation by Thomas Rasche published in March 2009, by T.Rasche Write down your Tango steps ! |
Argentine Tango- Class Companion by Thomas Rasche published in July 2007, by Lulu.com Understand the secrets of Tango ! |
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Have you ever tried to write down Argentine Tango steps? Rasche Notation is a sophisticated and powerful dance notation system for Argentine Tango. It is simple to learn and use. It enables you write the steps of two dancers, in detail and as dance phrases, all with reference to the music. The notation uses familiar symbols to describe the destinations of each step, which can easily be written by hand or on computer. This new book is the official and authoritative guide, for less than the price of a private dance class ! Rasche Notation features: - A comprehensive notation system designed for Tango, - How to summarise music into phrases: Compás line, - How to summarise dance into phrases: Description line, - How to describe steps: the Man and Woman dance lines, - Reduce information clutter by using generalisations, - Familiar symbols which are easy to learn and use. This new book is a complete and detailed description of Rasche Notation, with the use of explanatory text, diagrams and many examples. It is an essential book for all dance teachers, choreographers as well as all students of Argentine Tango wishing to write down and recall their steps. You can also find out more information about this notation at the Rasche Notation page (this is the homepage of www.RascheNotation.com), which also has links to the Notation E-group for discussions, notebooks and pencils to enable you to write your steps. Alternatively, click on this logo: 
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The dance of Argentine Tango: it's more than just a dance, it is also a
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This book is a valuable companion for all students of Argentine Tango, as it introduces the reader to the history and cultural context of the dance, together with key insights. Written in a clear and accessible style, this makes an excellent and enjoyable compliment to dance classes at every level of ability. Prologue by Damián Esell, from Buenos Aires. See the Damián Esell & Nancy Louzán website at www.damianynancy.com |
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Reviews of the book 'Rasche Notation' (See also the reviews of Rasche Notation) "Thomas has produced a true shorthand that is very neat, clean and powerful for noting Argentine Tango steps. For anyone who's ever forgotten a move they loved in class, here is the answer!" Richard A. February 2009, UK. "...Thomas Rasche has devised an astonishingly comprehensive and concise system, using easily understandable signs and reducing information down to the absolutely necessary ... Beside the advantage of acquiring a tool, people who will use his system will be challenged to gain insight into the precise nature of a movement that encompasses both the leader and the follower. The system also has inbuilt space for one's own improvements and additions..." Ruth Zimmermann, March 2009 (read the full review) (Tango Oblivion, Totnes, Devon, UK. Ruth is the organiser of the very popular Tango Mangos). Reviews of the book 'Argentine Tango - Class Companion' "...This book contains correct, precise and synthesised information which the author considers of primary importance when sharing his knowledge of this subject with the reader; it is a collection of the lessons and teachings from diverse teachers on his tango journey and his own investigations. As didactic reading it can help a great deal with understanding, including the mechanics of the dance of the tango, as well as sparking the interest of the people who read it, without any previous knowledge of the dance. ..." Damián Esell (www.damianynancy.com) "Hi everybody, I can happily recommend Thomas's new book on Tango - very informative and with some very nice little drawings by Thomas of buildings and landscape. There are some complex thoughts about dancing Tango that you will want to read more than once!" Peter, 17th July 2007 "The book is wonderful congratulations... I loved the history of the tango and your beginnings, the people you met in your tango journey. It was alive and human and I was able to visualise the scenes in Berlin and Buenos Aires and the real tangueros who took you under their wings. The dance steps made sense, reading the book: it made me really want to learn the dance. Now I know why you and other people become hooked on tango. I found that your book is more than an accompaniment to dance lessons, it is a love affair with tango." Sharon, 19th July 2007 "Thomas Rasche's guide to Argentine Tango gives a descriptive account of what this dance is. The dance is intricate and the Author touches upon many of its details. He looks at its subtleties, the embrace, the energetics of its movement, the mechanics of the dance and the male and female role. I love the description of this dance as being a communication, a language... "similiar to conversation, there is a motion or comment, followed by a response, which in turn creates a comment and a response." He tells of its emergence in Buenos Aires, Argentina, at the end of the 19th Century at a time of mass immigration where the population was predominatly male and "there was a need for men to hold women, if only briefly". He describes the dance as part of this development and a reflection of it. Thomas also shares his knowledge of musicality, dance styles, step combinations... An informative accompaniment to one's Tango journey." Vicki, 01st March 2008. This review appears in the e-zine Smooth Moves. Return to top. |
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Rasche Notation Notebook Leaves on the cover 
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Rasche Notation Notebook Footprints in the sand on the cover 
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These Rasche Notation Notebooks enable you to write down your Tango steps. The notebooks contain pages of blank staves, ready for you to write down your steps. They will help you to keep your notes neat, tidy and together, whether you are writing new steps down or creating a full musical and dance choreography. They even have a summary of the Rasche Notation symbols for quick reference ! The notebooks feature: -32 pages in A4 format, -Organised so that a typical piece of Tango music will fit neatly onto a few pages, -Sufficient pages for eight full choreographies, -Pre-printed staves, left blank for your notes, -Pre-printed Compás counts, including counts of 8 and 12, -Compás counts are spaced equally and sufficiently apart for writing dance symbols, -The notebooks also contain a quick-reference summary of all notation symbols, -The notebooks are available in a variety of covers (Leaves and Sand prints are shown above) : Ice prints (same picture as used for the German notebook, shown below), Leaves (shown above), and Sand prints (shown above) Also available are Rasche Notation pencils, for use these with the notebooks (see the Rasche Notation page). Return to top. |
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Notebooks in other languages: |
German / Deutsch
Notizbuch auf Deutsch (hier erhältlich) |
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The following eBooks are available for you to download. They are published in the .epub format, which suits some eReaders (Sony, but currently not Amazon's Kindle). They can also be read on the computer screen, using Adobe Digital Editions (a free download and eBook library manager). |
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*New* eBook 
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eNotebook
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This Tango Companion book is an invaluable eBook, combining choice
content from the books Class Companion and Rasche Notation. It is an
invaluable companion to students of Tango! The chapters include: History ¦ Music History ¦ Poetry and Lyrics Understanding music ¦ Musicians ¦ Music played in a salon Dancing to music ¦ Embrace ¦ Elements of a step Leading and Following ¦ Types of leading Step Combinations ¦ Dance Styles ¦ Style Developments Going Dancing Rasche Notation ¦ Appearance ¦ It's easy to understand! Philosophy ¦ Assumptions and generalisations Rasche Notation summary of symbols |
This is an eBook version of the Rasche Notation notebooks. It is suited
to eReaders such as the Sony Touch PRS-600, where notation can be
written directly over the lines. This eNotebook features 35 staves for 6 pieces. Compás counts 1-8 written onto each row. Rasche Notation summary of symbols. |
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More books (as well as CDs, DVDs and music scores) are available here: English (and Spanish) language items, German language items, and French language items. You can also use the Amazon search fields, as well as Google book search facilities. Thomas can be emailed at: thomas[]tangolincs.co.uk (please replace [] with the @ sign). |
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