[INSTRUMENTAL — NO VOCALS] [128 BPM — TANGO ARGENTINO — 4/4 MARCATO — ONE UNIT = 2 BARS] [NO PIANO — NO SYNTHESIZERS — NO DRUM KIT — PERCUSSION ONLY FROM GUITAR GOLPE, BANDONEÓN TAPS AND PALMAS] [BARS 1–2: ARRASTRE — DOUBLE BASS AND BANDONEÓN DRAG INTO BEAT 1, ONE CHORD, Dm. SILENCE ON BEATS 3–4 OF BAR 2.] [BARS 3–10: INTRO MARCATO — BASS IN FOUR, GUITAR CHORDS ON EVERY BEAT WITH ACCENT ON 1 AND 3; BANDONEÓN ENTERS BAR 5 WITH THE MAIN THEME IN D MINOR; VIOLIN CHICHARRA SCRATCH ON THE OFFBEATS; BASS CLARINET DOUBLES THE BASS LINE] [BARS 11–12: REMATE — THREE HITS ON 1, 2-AND, 4; SILENCE ON THE LAST BEAT] [BARS 13–20: SECTION A — THE HOT THEME — BANDONEÓN AND VIOLIN IN OCTAVES, 3-3-2 SÍNCOPA IN THE GUITAR AND BASS, Dm – Gm – A7(b9) – Dm; BASS CLARINET COUNTER-LINE; GOLPE ON EVERY ARRASTRE] [BARS 21–28: SECTION A' — SAME THEME, HARMONY DARKENS: Dm – Bb – Gm6 – A7; VIOLIN TAKES THE MELODY ALONE, BANDONEÓN ANSWERS IN THE GAPS; LAST TWO BARS: UNISON RHYTHMIC FIGURE, STOP ON BEAT 4] [BARS 29–36: SECTION B — CANTABILE — TEMPO FEELS HALVED (SAME BPM, LONG NOTES); BASS CLARINET SINGS THE SECOND THEME, LYRICAL, IN F MAJOR; GUITAR ARPEGGIOS; VIOLIN SUSTAINED HARMONICS; CELLO PIZZICATO] [BARS 37–40: BRIDGE BACK — BANDONEÓN REHARMONISES F MAJOR TO A7 WITH CHROMATIC VOICE LEADING; VIOLIN GLISSANDO UP; ONE ARRASTRE INTO 41] [BARS 41–48: SECTION A — THE HOT THEME RETURNS, FULL; OUD JOINS THE MELODY; SÍNCOPA EVERYWHERE; PALMAS ENTER SOFTLY ON 2 AND 4] [BARS 49–52: MILONGA BREAK — RHYTHM SHIFTS TO 3-3-2 MILONGA, FASTER FEEL, GUITAR RASGUEADO AND PALMAS, OUD AND VIOLIN TRADING TWO-BAR PHRASES; BASS CLARINET RIFF] [BARS 53–60: FUGA — BANDONEÓN STATES A FOUR-BAR SUBJECT; VIOLIN ENTERS TWO BARS LATER A FIFTH UP; BASS CLARINET TWO BARS LATER AN OCTAVE DOWN; GUITAR LAST; BUILDS TO A UNISON ON BAR 60] [BARS 61–64: SUBIDA — A7(b9) HITS ON 1, 2-AND, 4 IN EACH BAR, TIGHTENING; VIOLIN TREMOLO RISING] [BAR 65: FULL-BAR STOP. SILENCE.] [BARS 66–73: SECTION C — THE CLIMAX THEME — BANDONEÓN, VIOLIN, OUD AND BASS CLARINET ALL ON THE MELODY IN OCTAVES, Dm – Gm – A7 – Dm, GUITAR RASGUEADO FULL, PALMAS SHARP, FFF] [BARS 74–77: REFRAIN FINAL — THE HOT THEME ONCE MORE, ACCELERANDO BEGINS (+6 %)] [BARS 78–81: VARIACIÓN — BANDONEÓN AND VIOLIN IN SIXTEENTH-NOTE VIRTUOSO VARIATION OVER THE CADENCE, FASTEST POINT, BASS CLARINET AND GUITAR HAMMERING THE 3-3-2] [BARS 82–83: REMATE FINAL — UNISON DESCENDING LINE Bb–A–G–F–E–D, ALL INSTRUMENTS] [BAR 84: CHAN-CHAN — TWO DRY CHORDS, A7 THEN Dm, ON BEATS 1 AND 2. SILENCE. END.]
