Tango Vals Rhythm Trainer

A free, browser-based rhythm trainer for tango vals: practise the base rhythm on beat 1, the 1-2 and 3-1 doubles, and all three beats. Two compases of three beats, counted 1 2 3. Dark bars sound; tap any bar to switch it on or off. The tall bar is the accented first beat, the shorter bars are beats 2 and 3.

Tempo 200 BPM · 67 compases/min

Exercise

Hear the pulse

Match a Golden Age orchestra:

Sound only starts when you press Start. Nothing plays before that.

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Rhythm vocabulary

Compás: The measure. Vals is in 3/4: three beats, counted 1-2-3, with the first one accented. This grid is two compases long.
Base rhythm Pulse: Stepping only on beat 1 of each compás and pausing through 2 and 3. Dancing a whole vals this way is always musical.
Double time 1-2 and 3-1: Adding one extra step inside the compás, either on beat 2 or on beat 3.