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- The cuatro is Puerto Rico’s best-known stringed instrument. It is used mostly to play músicajíbara, the island’s country music.
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Cuatro means four in Spanish; the instrument's 15th century predecessors were the Spanish vihuela and the Portuguese cavaquinho, the latter having four strings like the cuatro. Modern cuatros come in a variety of sizes and shapes, and number of strings.
The cuatro is Puerto Rico’s best-known stringed instrument. It is used mostly to play música jíbara, the island’s country music. This guitar-like instrument is unique to Puerto Rico, although it has musical cousins across Latin America.
The word cuatro means "four", which was the total number of strings of the earliest Puerto Rican instrument known by the cuatro name.
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Nov 16, 2023 · The Cuatro is a versatile musical instrument that can be used in various music genres from different regions of the world. Traditionally, it is used as an accompaniment to the harp and maracas, forming the core of the Joropo genre, which is a piece of typical folklore music originating from Colombia and Venezuela.
The modern cuatro is a five double-string guitar-like instrument used to play música jíbara, Puerto Rican country music. In this unusual example, the dried, woody fruit of the higüero tree, a material more commonly used in the fabrication of maracas or güiros, comprises the main body of the instrument.
Nov 16, 2023 · The Cuatro: A Unique Latin American String Instrument (not Quatro) is a traditional string instrument with a rich history and cultural significance. The Cuatro has its origins in Venezuela and is also a popular instrument in other Latin American countries like Colombia and Aruba, and other Caribbean countries.
The cuatro is a family of Latin American string instruments played in Colombia, Puerto Rico, Venezuela and other Latin American countries. It is derived from the Spanish guitar. Although some have viola-like shapes, most cuatros resemble a small to mid-sized classical guitar.
