Chords for Piano Lesson on Rhythm

_ _ _ _ _ _ Hi, welcome back, this is Xiu Wang.
And I hope you have a chance to go through the 300 exercises that I have provided you in the earlier section.
In the section, I will be providing you with some practical example of how we can apply different rhythm styles into a song.
_ For example, you can turn a basic song into a tango style or cha-cha style.
_ _ [N] In this video, I would like to show you some examples of tango.
Usually, tango has a very interesting rhythm.
The rhythm part is established by your [A] left hand.
Your left hand [A#m] usually is in 4 beats.
[G] You go like 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and.
You notice that?
The first beat is slightly longer.
1 and 2 and 3 and 4.
_ _ _ _ [N] _ Usually, you can make it more interesting by playing [G] root, [D] fifth and [G] then octave.
_ 1 and 2.
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_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Dm] This style is actually, [G] you can vary it.
You can do just root and fifth.
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_ [D] _ _ _ [E] [N] Let me play you an example of a tango.
This song you probably are familiar with.
It's La Paloma.
I have provided you with the basic sheet music.
You can take a look at that.
When I play this, I will add in a lot of decoration, a lot of improvising techniques in there.
But the general idea is quite clear.
This is [G] a tango style. _
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[N] This is one of the tango styles.
_ What you need to do is really master, establish a strong left [G] hand rhythm.
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[G] You can even just do a root. _ _ _ _
What I'm doing is I'm playing a G chord.
_ Then come up to play some kind of a G chord inversion. _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ [Am] _ _ [D] _ _ [F#] There are so many ways you can create a tango.
You can even just [G] do a root bass. _ _
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_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [A#] This is one way you can do it.
How can we [F#] apply this tango [D] technique into songs that we know of?
Let me show you one example that you can do this with.
[N] Let's go.