Tarantellas are either in a very frenetic 4/4 time with triplets or are something strange like 12/16 time… Either way you’d probably count the same. Some do the 4/4 with triplets and then drop into a measure of duplets (the normal 1 and 2 and etc…) and occasionally put the triplets against the duplets. And they have a measure of that german/mexican oompa bass in the background, though that’s in straight 4/4 time on the upbeat (the ‘and’ in 1 and 2 and etc.). The hardest part is trying to get that accordion/concertina sound. Don’t suppose I know anyone is this mirror-reality that is the net that can play/record summa that for me.
I like how in this one they have some 80s butt-rock toms-n-cymbal pounding in the middle where you think they’re about to rip into a wailing, spandex-clad guitar (or maybe I”ve just had too much coffee) solo, but just keep on driving with the tarantella. In either case, they have some wicked reverb on that track (wait till it ends and you’ll hear the tail). Looking at the dance-dance-revolution-esque dancing in this tarantella video, you’ll discover exactly why I believe the tarantella is eminently suitable for the electronic milieu, though there is probably something to be said for the energy of the live performance. Some high-speed pop-locking or liquid dancing to this frantic style suddenly dropped into the middle of a drum-n-bass (with appropriate drums n’ basses) mix at a rave would blow the phone straight off the hook (well, at least in the Cartesian theater of MY mind).
I just wish YooToob would stop being so slow for me / actually load videos the first time.