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Toná
(no translation available)
(to-NÁ), sustantivo femenino
Léxico relacionado con el flamenco I
7/26/2001
Etimología:
Del griego tonos, tensión
Significado:
Modalidad de cante flamenco cuyas formas constituyen la más remota y fundamental creación gitanoandaluza que ha llegado hasta el día de hoy. Se canta sin acompañamiento musical.
Ejemplo:
"Tonás terribles, bárbaras como dardos de furia, como espumas de sangre, las que se cantaban por aquel tiempo en los reinos del miedo."
José Luis Ortiz Nuevo: Pensamiento Político en el cante flamenco, p. 18, Eds Andaluzas Unidas.
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