Tango Scan
Identify that tango playing around you
- Identify most tangos within seconds
- Confirm the identifications using the available audio samples
- Add ratings and favorites
- Get accurate artist names, recording dates and more...
- Get Lyrics
- Find similar recordings through the Tanda Builder
- Keep a history of the tangos you identified
60922 IDENTIFICATIONS 16806 RECORDINGS 36298 VERSIONS
This app will soon be discontinued, as we are integrating Tango Scan into our new app: Play! El Recodo Tango. You’ll find all the Tango Scan features there, but in a more modern environment and available in 13 languages. Nothing changes for you, and if you're subscribed to Play! or Premium, you'll also be able to listen to the full scanned tracks.
How does it work?
At a milonga or at home, you hear a tango you don’t recognize?
Tango Scan helps you identify it instantly from a short audio clip captured with your smartphone.
Specially designed for tango, the app gives you the title, orchestra, singers in seconds – but also info you often can’t find elsewhere: recording date, composers, and more.
Classic apps like Shazam don’t work well for tango – they often confuse versions or miss key details. Tango Scan is connected to the El Recodo Tango Music database – a go-to reference for tango.
Tango Scan keeps improving. You can help it grow – by reporting errors, sharing recordings, or just using it.
Listen better, dance better, share better.
Try Tango Scan and spread the word!
Frequently Asked Questions
All recordings available on El Recodo Tango Music may be identified, which covers thousands recordings and versions, mainly classical and danceable tango which is the priority scope.
Getting a contributor access helps to improve the database on regular basis.
Getting a contributor access helps to improve the database on regular basis.
Try with the mic near to the speaker and on a distinct sample of music. Still no result? It may be a version still unknown by the app (transfer with distinct sounding or speed), despite the efforts to continuously integrate as many releases as possible.
You can also try the advanced search with a piece of lyrics and any other filter you may find.
You can also try the advanced search with a piece of lyrics and any other filter you may find.
Non-tango applications display information from CD releases which is perfect for music in general, but not for tango.
This app includes non-official realeases which often circulate between DJ's and dancers; and you get accurate tango data from El Recodo Tango Music. As an example, "La cumparsita by Juan D'Arienzo", is not the answer you are looking for because he recorded it 6 times between 1928 and 1971! Which one are you listening to? El Recodo can tell...
This app includes non-official realeases which often circulate between DJ's and dancers; and you get accurate tango data from El Recodo Tango Music. As an example, "La cumparsita by Juan D'Arienzo", is not the answer you are looking for because he recorded it 6 times between 1928 and 1971! Which one are you listening to? El Recodo can tell...
Like all similar apps, the recognition technology is wondeful but never perfect. It is recommended to double check your identifications using the audio sample (play button) or the website. You can also remove the recording from your history.
About El Recodo Tango App
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2025-03-27
E' STATO BRAVISSIMO AD ASSEMBLARE COSI TANTE IDEE PER LA MUSICA E QUANT'ALTRO
2024-11-28
Me hice acceso y pague como Contributor pero no me deja identificar mas de tres tangos, hay algun problema en mi cuenta? o han cambiado los limites? en la pagina de sbscripcion dice 50 tangos al dia por lor contibudores, me equivoco yo?
2024-11-28
Hola Massimiliano, solo es el tiempo de activacion de tu acceso. Puedes confirmar que ahora esta todo bien?
2023-12-09
Hi, in my experience el Recodo identifies tangos quite poorly - only some 30% - while Musixmatch identifies some 70%. Is there something wrong on my mobile or you have similiar experience?
2023-12-09
Hi Myszko,
These alternatives solutions have a lot of money (ressources) and are based on all music repertoire which include all tango album released on online platforms automatically. This can lead to higher identification compared to El recodo. On the other hand, they don't have private digitalizations that never reached public platforms but are spread in the tango community; they copy again and again many metadata errors, wrong titles or artists; they don't know about recording dates (a crucial info in tango music) nor the difference between an orchestra or a singer.
- Higher identification rate, lower tango data reliability -- shazam and friends
- Lower identification rate, higher tango data reliability -- El Recodo
You can maximize your idenfications using El Recodo Tango App for golden age tangos. Also place the phone near a speaker and make sure you have a good internet connexion (the app doesn't like intermittent poor conection).
To identify recordings from your own tango library, correct or set their right metadata, use TangoLink which is much more powerful than the app and designed for this purpose.
I hope this whill help
These alternatives solutions have a lot of money (ressources) and are based on all music repertoire which include all tango album released on online platforms automatically. This can lead to higher identification compared to El recodo. On the other hand, they don't have private digitalizations that never reached public platforms but are spread in the tango community; they copy again and again many metadata errors, wrong titles or artists; they don't know about recording dates (a crucial info in tango music) nor the difference between an orchestra or a singer.
- Higher identification rate, lower tango data reliability -- shazam and friends
- Lower identification rate, higher tango data reliability -- El Recodo
You can maximize your idenfications using El Recodo Tango App for golden age tangos. Also place the phone near a speaker and make sure you have a good internet connexion (the app doesn't like intermittent poor conection).
To identify recordings from your own tango library, correct or set their right metadata, use TangoLink which is much more powerful than the app and designed for this purpose.
I hope this whill help
2023-12-10
Thanks for explanation, Gregory. You are right that the quality of data in el Recodo is mutch higher. Appreciated.
2021-12-22
Hola Adriana,
Los accesos Contribuidor y TangoDJ permiten el uso del App sin limite.
Si la idea es de identificar una gran cantidad de archivos de audio desde un PC o Mac, recomiendo TangoLink (acceso TangoDJ), de lo contrario la cuenta Contribuidor es suficiente.
El detalle de las funcionalidades se encuentra aqui www.el-recodo.com/subscribe
un abrazo
Los accesos Contribuidor y TangoDJ permiten el uso del App sin limite.
Si la idea es de identificar una gran cantidad de archivos de audio desde un PC o Mac, recomiendo TangoLink (acceso TangoDJ), de lo contrario la cuenta Contribuidor es suficiente.
El detalle de las funcionalidades se encuentra aqui www.el-recodo.com/subscribe
un abrazo
2023-04-27
Gracias Daniel por rectificarlo. Desde mi ultimo mensaje, se ha tenido que poner este limite para todos (aunque bastante alto: 50/dia).
2022-10-27
El problema con estas apps es que para una escucha casual está bien, pero aquí es importante tener datos lo más exactos posibles como la fecha de grabación o primeras y segundas voces y es eso lo que estás pagando.
Si tú usas beatfind para que analice el ingeniero de Di Sarli , efectivamente te va a decir que es el Ingeniero, pero para saber cuál de las 3 versiones es (45, 52 o 55) tendrás que invertir un poco más de tiempo.
Saludos !
Si tú usas beatfind para que analice el ingeniero de Di Sarli , efectivamente te va a decir que es el Ingeniero, pero para saber cuál de las 3 versiones es (45, 52 o 55) tendrás que invertir un poco más de tiempo.
Saludos !
2022-10-27
No hubiera respondido mejor Daniel.
Creo que tu explicacion es muy acertada y corresponde al uso de la mayoria de los usuarios. Ademas es gratis (cierto con una limitcion por dia, de lo contrario no se podria cubrir los costos). Saludos!
Creo que tu explicacion es muy acertada y corresponde al uso de la mayoria de los usuarios. Ademas es gratis (cierto con una limitcion por dia, de lo contrario no se podria cubrir los costos). Saludos!
2022-01-09
Bjr Je ne parviens pas à pouvoir identifier des morceaux à partir de mon IPhone que je place à côté d’une enceinte
Que puis-je faire ?
Que puis-je faire ?
2022-01-09
j'ai fait l'essai avec deux modeles d'enceintes, ( attention de marque professionnelles, Genelec et ADAM AUdio) et a different niveaux, a partant du principe que vos fichiers sont de bonnes qualités , le problème est peut être qu'il faut baisser le niveau, ou éloigner l'iPhone des enceintes, il est fort possible que le micro de l'iPhone génère de la distorsion si le niveau SPL est trop fort trop prés du Haut Parleur, essayez en baissant le niveau.
j'ai un phénomène similaire en Milonga a Buenos Aires, mais su plus probablement à la réverbération de la salle, chez moi a 1 mettre de l'enceinte el recodo App reconnait le titre entre 5 et 8 secondes, au Salon Canning de Scalabrini, après 30 secondes toujours pas de reconnaissance. je pense que l'acoustique de la pièce si on est loin du champs direct de enceintes influe sur la reconnaissance, et aussi, si on est trop fort il est possible ( juste ma théorie) que le micros des smartphones introduisent de la distorsion a fort niveau .
j'ai un phénomène similaire en Milonga a Buenos Aires, mais su plus probablement à la réverbération de la salle, chez moi a 1 mettre de l'enceinte el recodo App reconnait le titre entre 5 et 8 secondes, au Salon Canning de Scalabrini, après 30 secondes toujours pas de reconnaissance. je pense que l'acoustique de la pièce si on est loin du champs direct de enceintes influe sur la reconnaissance, et aussi, si on est trop fort il est possible ( juste ma théorie) que le micros des smartphones introduisent de la distorsion a fort niveau .
2022-01-09
Bonjour Maurice, peux-tu essayer d'identifier le tango du jour disponible sur la page MUSIQUE et me dire si ca marche?
2020-05-30
hi this is a dream come true! tested the app in the afternoon for an hour and it worked for most requests. later i attended a zoom meeting on pugliese. the app correctly identified about 80% of the songs played (generally for no more than 20s). so it worked with zoom compression sound quality! perhaps in some time it'll work at a noisy milonga to give us bragging rights? (obviously it depends on the app and milongas happening^^). super useful. thanks!!
2021-12-15
Thanks for your positive feedback Una!
Since then, the app has been improving with even more recording versions.
Thx for your support!
Since then, the app has been improving with even more recording versions.
Thx for your support!
2021-09-25
Hola, no conociá la aplicacion ; me inscribí como hago para acceder a escuchar y bajar música ; gracias
2021-12-15
Hola Sandra, No es una aplicacion de escucha, sino de identificacion de audio. Como Shazaam pero para tango.
2021-11-22
Hi Yuksel,
On the app, you must insert the same credentials as for this website (this is the same account). If you do it without mistake it should work as well as on www.el-recodo.com. Best Regards,
On the app, you must insert the same credentials as for this website (this is the same account). If you do it without mistake it should work as well as on www.el-recodo.com. Best Regards,
2020-07-21
I am viewing this screen on Windows 7. I want to download the app to my Android phone. I am happy to pay 25 euro. What steps must I take (in detail)?
2020-07-22
Hi Neil
Come back here wirh your android phone and press the install button on the top of this page.
Come back here wirh your android phone and press the install button on the top of this page.
2020-07-08
Hola Ezequiel
Técnicamente esta. Solo me faltan contribuciones para cubrir un poco más los costos de todo eso :)
Este atento y pronto llegara
Técnicamente esta. Solo me faltan contribuciones para cubrir un poco más los costos de todo eso :)
Este atento y pronto llegara
2020-05-28
Bonjour Gregory, merci pour ta réponse et je suis déjà contributeur. En attendant la version ios, cordialement.
2020-05-28
Bonjour Denis,
A priori, il n'y a plus de blocage technique donc pas de souci pour une version iOS. Par contre, il faut d'abord valider l’intérêt des utilisateurs (Android du coup) et de nouveaux contributeurs.
A priori, il n'y a plus de blocage technique donc pas de souci pour une version iOS. Par contre, il faut d'abord valider l’intérêt des utilisateurs (Android du coup) et de nouveaux contributeurs.