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El Choclo
Found in Choclo_Am8.abc
from the John Chambers abc collection
X: 1
T: El Choclo
T: The Ear of Corn
C: \'Angel Gregorio Villoldo (1868-1919)
Z: 2005 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
N: The piece was premiered in 1903 - the date appears on a program of the
N: venue - at the elegant restaurant "El Americano" on 966 Cangallo Street
N: (today Teniente General Perón) by the orchestra led by José Luis Roncallo,
N: who had to disguise it by titling the number as "danza criolla", because
N: the owner of the local did not like tango music. Despite it, there is a
N: belief that it was composed in 1898.
R: tango
M: 2/4
L: 1/16
K: Am
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"E7"f2{gf}e2 z e^de | b^gge e=ddc | "Am"B2{cB}A2 zEEF | "Am"FEEA Accf | "Am"f2{gf}e2 zeea |
"A7"aee^c ceeg | "Dm"g2{ag}f2 zFFf | "Dm"feed dccB | "Am"B2{cB}AA AcBA | "E7"A2{BA}^GG BdcB | "Am"A2 z3 |]
|: G^FG |\
"G7"ff2f gfe^d | "C"fe2B =dcBA | "G7"cB2F BAG^F | "C"A2G2 zE^DE | "E7"dd2d edcB |
"Am"d2c2 zcdc | "Dm"BA^GA Bcd^d | "E7"e2z3 :|\
[K:A] Ee^c | "A"AEzc AEAc | "E7"d2{ed}B2 zEdB |
"E7"GEzG EGBd | "A"c2{dc}A2 zEcB | "F#7"^AF^EF GABc | "Bm"e2{fe}d2 zB^AB | "B7"c2{^dc}B2 zABA |
"E7"A2{BA}G2 zEec | "A"AEzc AEAc | "E7"d2{ed}B2 zEdB | "E7"GEzG EGBd | "A"c2{dc}A2 zEcB |
"F#7"^AF^EF GABc | "Bm"e2{fe}d2 zFdc | "B7"{cd}cB^AB "E7"F=AGB |[ "A"A2 "d.C."z3 |[ "A".A2.e2 [a2c2] Hz2 |]
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