There is nothing wrong with the cantigas being performed with instruments, as long as they are well orchestrated, entertaining and are nothing more than a counterpart to the other sung cantigas. And herein lies the problem. Firstly, often one cannot understand what is being sung because the Galician-Portuguese texts, the language in which the cantigas were written, are not pronounced correctly. In a troubadour-like repertory, the text is fundamental, and if it cannot be understood, the piece falls apart, however imaginative the performance may be.