La Tuna Spanish 378 Nieves Knapp y Blair Bateman

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La TunaSpanish 378

Nieves Knapp y Blair Bateman

La tuna

Tuna from the Universidad de Oviedo

La tuna Also called estudiantina

Musical group made up of university

students famous for their success with the

ladies.

Tunas originated in the middle ages around

the year 1215.

Their songs tend to be happy and romantic.

La tuna El traje

They wear traditional mediaval academic garb.

La tuna Instruments

The guitar

la bandurria

The tambourine

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They sing in restaurants

. . . and parties. . .

. . . And also serenade lovely ladies.

La tuna

Today they are associated with universities.

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There are tunas in other Hispanic countries…

La tuna

PerúChile

Colombia

… and other European countries as well.

La tuna

Portugal

Holland

Germany

Sometimes there are even women tunas.

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Perú

España

Colombia

Now we are going to listen to a

typical Tuna performance.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_92Q7pl6xmI

Tuna CompostelanaHoy va la tuna de gala

Cantando y tocando la marcha nupcial Suenan campanas de gloria Que dejan desierta la Universidad Y allá en el templo del APOSTOL Santo Con el estudiante hoy se va a casar La galleguiña melosa, melosa Que oyendo esta copla ya no llorará

Let’s see what you learned . . .

¿What is a tuna? ¿Who are the members of a tuna? ¿Where do they sing? ¿What’s their music like?