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title: "Asturian traditional music"
slug: asturian-traditional-music
type: concept
definition: "The body of orally-transmitted popular music of Asturies. It includes the ceremonial and festive repertoire of the Asturian gaita, along with traditional song and dance."
synonyms: ["Asturian musical tradition"]
publishedAt: 2026-06-16
---
**Asturian traditional music** is the body of orally-transmitted popular
music of **Asturies**: the repertoire of the **Asturian gaita**
—alboradas, processional marches, xirandillas, muiñeiras—, along with
traditional song and dance.

It's not a closed or frozen repertoire: it's still played, recorded and
composed from the root. It's the ground Tever's work grows from.