La Tuna Spanish 378 Nieves Knapp y Blair Bateman
La tuna Tuna from the Universidad de Oviedo
La tuna w Also called estudiantina w Musical group made up of university students famous for their success with the ladies. w Tunas originated in the middle ages around the year w 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
La tuna They sing in restaurants... and parties...
... And also serenade lovely ladies. La tuna
Today they are associated with universities. La tuna
There are tunas in other Hispanic countries… La tuna Perú Chile Colombia
… and other European countries as well. La tuna Portugal Holland Germany
Sometimes there are even women tunas. La tuna Perú España Colombia
Now we are going to listen to a typical Tuna performance.
Tuna Compostelana Hoy 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
Lets see what you learned... w ¿What is a tuna? w ¿Who are the members of a tuna? w ¿Where do they sing? w ¿Whats their music like?