Traditional Neapolitan | Tarantella arr. marimba & acoustic guitar
Channel: PlentyMusic
Date: 14/11/2019

A traditional #Neapolitan #Tarantella #folkdance arranged for marimba  acoustic guitar #sheetmusic & accompaniments link:   Improve music practice routines using PlentyMusic sheet music and accompaniment downloads. To access this and other free #sheetmusic scores create a PlentyMusic account.


A tarantella is a fast energetic traditional folk dance in 6/8 time. It has a characteristic upbeat and is associated with strong emotions and passions in the many forms of the dance that exist. Some examples of the dance explore the supernatural and others magic and spirituality. Its origins are a dance for couples from #SouthernItaly with tambourines frequently used to accompany the dancers. This particularly arrangement has 4 strains of music ABCD with each strain repeated. The playback tempo is 110 dotted quarter note beats to the minute. There are many melodic variants and arrangements of this haunting melody which is an excellent ensemble piece for the improver level musician. Chopin, Gottschalk, Britten and others have contributed music to tarantella style and form. 

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