Joropo — the national dance of Venezuela, from the llanos (plains) shared with Colombia: a fast zapateado for harp (or bandola), cuatro, bass and maracas. Like the chacarera and zamba it lives on the sesquialtera — 3/4 and 6/8 at once — but at a gallop, so the two meters blur into one driving wheel.
How it sits: written in 3/4. The cuatro (guitar layer, voiced in the cuatro's small high register) strums down-up eighths with accents on all three quarters and a muted apagado (x) on beat 2 — the 3/4 side. The piano stands in for the harp's right hand, running eighths that turn in pairs with the quarters. The bass and the maracas' accents (shaker) take the 6/8 side: bass on the two dotted quarters, root then fifth, maracas pushing 1 and the and of 2. D major, I – IV – V7 – I.
Listen for the bass landing between the cuatro's beats 2 and 3 — that is the other meter.
Practice: at half speed, tap 3 with one hand and 2 with the other before adding the strum.