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Alborada Asturiana polka

There are 4 recordings of this tune.

Alborada Asturiana has been added to 7 tunebooks.

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Two settings

1
X: 1
T: Alborada Asturiana
R: polka
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
|d>e d/e/d/e/|d>e d/e/d/e/|d/c/B/A/ B/A/G/E/|FD/F/ FD/F/|FD/F/ D/F/D/F/|
EC/E/ EC/E/|EC/E/ C/E/C/E/|FD/F/ FD/F/|FD/F/ D/F/D/F/|EC/E/ EC/E/|EC/E/ C/E/C/E/:|
DF/A/ dd|AF/A/ dd|BG/B/ dd|BG/B/ dd|AF/A/ AF/A/|AF/A/ F/A/F/A/|
GE/G/ GE/G/|GE/G/ E/G/E/G/|FD/F/ FD/F/|FD/F/ D/F/D/F/|EC/E/ EC/E/|EC/E/ C/E/C/E/|
DF/A/ dd|AF/A/ dd|BG/B/ dd|e/d/c/d/ e/d/c/B/|AF/A/ dd|e/d/c/d/ e/d/c/d/|
BG/B/ dd|e/d/c/d/ e/d/c/B/|AD/F/ FD/F/|FD/F/ D/F/D/F/|EC/E/ EC/E/|EC/E/ C/E/C/E/|
DF/A/ dd|AF/A/ G/F/G/E/|F/D/F/A/ dd|AF/A/ G/F/G/E/|
Dd- dd|AF/A/ G/F/G/E/|F/D/F/A/ dd|AF/A/ G/F/G/E/|
|:D/E/D/C/ D/E/F/G/|A/B/A/G/ A/B/A/G/|F/E/D/C/ D/E/F/G/|A/B/A/G/ A/G/F/E/:|D4||
# Added by DaveF .
2
X: 2
T: Alborada Asturiana
R: polka
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
|g>a g/a/g/a/|g>a g/a/g/a/|g/f/e/d/ e/d/c/A/|BG/B/ BG/B/|BG/B/ G/B/G/B/|
AF/A/ AF/A/|AF/A/ F/A/F/A/|BG/B/ BG/B/|BG/B/ G/B/G/B/|AF/A/ AF/A/|AF/A/ F/A/F/A/:|
GB/d/ gg|dB/d/ gg|ec/e/ gg|ec/e/ gg|dB/d/ dB/d/|dB/d/ B/d/B/d/|
cA/c/ cA/c/|cA/c/ A/c/A/c/|BG/B/ BG/B/|BG/B/ G/B/G/B/|AF/A/ AF/A/|AF/A/ F/A/F/A/|
GB/d/ gg|dB/d/ gg|ec/e/ gg|a/g/f/g/ a/g/f/e/|dB/d/ gg|a/g/f/g/ a/g/f/g/|
ec/e/ gg|a/g/f/g/ a/g/f/e/|dG/B/ BG/B/|BG/B/ G/B/G/B/|AF/A/ AF/A/|AF/A/ F/A/F/A/|
GB/d/ gg|dB/d/ c/B/c/A/|B/G/B/d/ gg|dB/d/ c/B/c/A/|
Gg- gg|dB/d/ c/B/c/A/|B/G/B/d/ gg|dB/d/ c/B/c/A/|
|:G/A/G/F/ G/A/B/c/|d/e/d/c/ d/e/d/c/|B/A/G/F/ G/A/B/c/|d/e/d/c/ d/c/B/A/:|G4||
# Added by DaveF .

Eight comments

Re: Alborada Asturiana

Alborada I believe means "dawn" from Alba=white. Should be played first thing in the morning!

Re: Alborada Asturiana

I prefer this one. It featured on Liam O Flynn’s album " The Given Note"

X:1
T:Una Noite de Santa Christo
T:Alborada de Santa Maria
C:Trad Galician
Q:1/4=160
I:abc2nwc
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:D
F2A2|d4 dedc|d2(A2F2A2)|d4dedc|d2 A2F2A2|
G3A GFEG|F3B A3d|c3B AGFE|1D4:|2D4-D4|]
|:A3F DEFG|E3F G4|G2GF EFGE|F3A DEFG|
A2AF DEFG|E3F G4|G2GF EDEF|D4-D4:|
|:(F6G2)|(A6d2)|c2(e2d2B2)|A4-A4:|
|:d6B2|G3A B2d2|c6A2|F3G A2c2|
B6G2|E3F G2A2|F4ABAB|[1A4-A4:|[2A4FAFA||
d4ABAB|A4FAFA|d4dcBc|d4dcBc||
dedc BcdB|cdcB ABcA|BcBA GABG|ABAG FGAF|
GAGF EFGE|FGFE DEFD|EFED CDEC|D4|]

Re: Alborada Asturiana

That is indeeed correct. An "alborada" is a type pipe tune played at dawn on special days (Patron Saint days and such) to mark the beginning of the celebrations.

Also, "alba" means white, but also dawn in both Asturian and Spanish.

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Alborada Asturiana, X:3

andy Hornby, add the tune correctly, so everybdy can see the dots and so on….
Thanks for posting

Re: Alborada Asturiana

@swisspiper, X3 is not the same tune. It’s a Galician tune called Unha Noite No Santo Cristo and it’s already available here https://thesession.org/tunes/6826.

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Re: Alborada Asturiana

For those familiar with classical music, this tune was used by Rimsky Korsakov in his composition Capriccio Espagnol.

You can hear the tune a few times in the composition, the first one at the very beginning:

https://youtu.be/Lh6mDL-VwYw