Tarantella

jig

Key signature: Aminor

Submitted on August 29th 2003 by dafydd.

This tune has been added to 21 tunebooks.

Also known as Cicerenella, Neapolitan Tarantella, Tarantella Calabraise, Tarantella Neapolitan.

Details ABC Sheetmusic Comments

Tarantella

Play in this order.ABAC

# Posted on March 1st 2003 by dafydd

Is this something you play in your session??

# Posted on March 28th 2004 by JMH

Tarantella

Yes.I live in Belgium,so I attend a lot of mixed sessions (Flemish and Celtic), and this tune is often played.When we play at a ball here they always dance the Taratella.

# Posted on March 1st 2003 by dafydd

We open most of our ceilidhs with a variation on Tarantella - but then it is our band's name!

# Posted on March 30th 2004 by Tarrantella

Aren't there lyrics to this that go, "Whatsa Matta, Whatsa Matta, Whatsa Matta Witch You?"

Johnathan

# Posted on March 31st 2004 by Harper_Lad

Tarantella

No,that was "Shaddap You Face" by Joe Dolce.

# Posted on March 1st 2003 by dafydd

Tarantelliay-aye-i-oh ~ in the plural

Tarantella
Key signature: Bminor
Submitted on October 10th 2004 by ceolachan.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/3674

Tarantella
Key signature: Aminor
Submitted on October 18th 2004 by gian marco.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/3721

Tarantella
Key signature: Gmajor
Submitted on March 19th 2005 by triplewhiskey.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/4330

Tarantella Di Masaniello
Key signature: Aminor
Submitted on November 30th 2005 by gian marco.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/5259

# Posted on December 4th 2005 by ceolachan

"The Tarantula" ~ the Scots have a go, Nathaniel Gow
Key signature: g minor
Submitted on December 10th 2005 by noelbats.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/5294

# Posted on December 21st 2005 by ceolachan

Neapolitan Tarantella ~ Cicerenella
Key signature: G Major ~ for starters
Submitted on March 8th 2005 by triplewhiskey.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/4291

# Posted on December 21st 2005 by ceolachan

"Tarantella Calabraise" ~ trying to make some sense of this

First, this transcription, as Dafydd has given it originally here, and as suggested, ABAC ~

X: 1
T: Tarantella
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: tarantella
K: a minor
|: a2 a |
e2 e a2 a | e2 e ede | f2 f fgf | e3 efe |
[1 d2 d ded | c2 c cdc | B2 d c2 B | A3 :|
[2 d3 ded | c3 cdc | B2 d c2 B | A2 B ||
|: cBc |
dcB c2 A | ABc B2 B | dcB c2 A | A2 B cBc |
dcB c2 A | A2 c B2 d | c2 B A3 |[1 A2 B :|[2 A3 ||
|: a2 a |
e2 e a2 a | e2 e ede | f2 f fgf | e3 efe |
[1 d2 d ded | c2 c cdc | B2 d c2 B | A3 :|
[2 d3 ded | c3 cdc | B2 d c2 B | A2 B ||
|: c3 |
cGc ece | g2 g gag | f2 f fgf | e3 e3 |
cGc ece | g2 g g2 a | bag fed | c3 :|]

# Posted on May 14th 2007 by ceolachan

"Cercle Circassien" / "Tarantella" ~ a duplication rescued

Key signature: a minor
Submitted on May 9th 2007 by gaitazampogna_32.
~ /tunes/display/7170

And here is that same transcriptions but with Dafydd’s suggested missing part-C, again played ABAC:

# Posted on May 14th 2007 by ceolachan

"Tarantella" ~ ABAC take 3

# Posted on May 14th 2007 by ceolachan

Cercle Circassien ~ missing notes just discovered:

Key signature: a minor
Submitted on May 9th 2007 by gaitazampogna_32.
~ /tunes/display/7170

Can be danced as a jig, a tarentelle (6/8 tune played in Italy, for zampogna), or as a Cercle Circassien…

# Posted on May 9th 2007 by gaitazampogna_32

Here's the third part.For the dance play ABAC
|: cGc ece | g2 g gag | f2 f fgf | e3 e2 d | cGc ece | g3 g2 a | bag fed | c6 :||

# Posted on May 9th 2007 by dafydd

And the 4th part:

e2f ||: gf^g a2 g | f3 d2 e | fef g2 f | e3 e2 e | fed d2 d | edc c2 d | e2 d c2 B | A3 :||

But I think your notation, gaitaz, goes arry in bar 3 ~ take away the 1st triplet & then readjust your barlines accordingly.

This has always been the 'Taratella' of Tarantellas as far as I am concerned.

There is a set dance that goes with it. For the dance play A2B2C2D2. Unless Dafydd is talking about a different dance.

# Posted on May 9th 2007 by hetty

It must be a different dance. I've played it at many a volksbal in Flanders and it's always ABAC. It's a session tune here too and it's always played in that order.

Here's the proof: http://www.boombaltunes.be/BB_tunesarchive/

Click on ‘zes achts’ in the link above... ~ & further ~

http://trillian.mit.edu/~jc/cgi/abc/TuneGet?F=GIF&X=99&U=http://flanders.blackmill.net/music/abc//folk-dances.abc&N=Tarantella%20Calabraise.gif

# Posted on May 10th 2007 by dafydd

# Posted on May 14th 2007 by ceolachan

"Tarantella" ~ comment from Gian Marco, Northern Italy

This is a well known Italian Tarantella. I'm from North Italy and I'm no expert in South Italian music, the tarantellas, but I remember that about 20 years ago I played in a folk rock band a tarantella, probably a hybrid:

# Posted on May 10th 2007 by gian marco

# Posted on May 14th 2007 by ceolachan

"Tarantella" ~ AABBCCDD, courtesy of Hetty

# Posted on May 9th 2007 by hetty ~ see 'notes' above...

"This has always been the 'Tarantella' of Tarantellas as far as I am concerned." ~ Hetty

# Posted on May 14th 2007 by ceolachan

"Tarantella Calabraise" ~ & finally, for the moment

# Posted on May 14th 2007 by ceolachan

"Cicerenella For Bagpipe" ~ duplication, beginning with 'D'

Key signature: G Major
Submitted on March 8th 2005 by triplewhiskey.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/4291

# Posted on May 15th 2007 by ceolachan

"Neapolitan Tarantella" / "Cicerenella"

The tune is also played AABBAACCAADDAA...

For anther transcription see the 'Comments' for the previous link, "Cicerenella for Bagpipe"...

# Posted on May 15th 2007 by ceolachan

& also, it seems ~ AADDBBCC & AADDAABBAACC...

# Posted on May 15th 2007 by ceolachan