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A popular way to remember the tuning of the cuatro among Venezuelan cuatro players is to play each string individually from top to bottom, while singing the words Cam-bur pin-tón in the same expected notes of the four cuatro strings. (Cambur Pintón means Ripe Banana in Venezuela. The phrase is used mainly because its four syllables are long ...
In Puerto Rico and Venezuela, the cuatro is an ensemble instrument for secular and religious music, and is played at parties and traditional gatherings. [ 1 ] 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.
The cuatro is a family of larger 4-stringed instruments derived from the cavaquinho that are popular in Latin-American countries in and around the Caribbean. Versions of the iconic Venezuelan cuatro are very similar to the Brazilian cavaquinho, with a neck laid level with the sound box, like a Portuguese cavaquinho.
Venezuela portal The main articles for this category are cuatro (instrument) and Music of Venezuela . This set category contains articles about Venezuelan musicians who play the cuatro .
Venezuelan-cuatro players (2 P) Pages in category "Venezuelan musical instruments" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
The Venezuelan cuatro is a member of the guitar family, smaller in size and with four nylon strings. It is similar in size and construction to the ukulele. The traditional "Camburpinton" tuning is re-entrant (A 3 –D 4 –F ♯ 4 –B 3), but with the re-entry between the second and first strings, rather than between third and fourth as in the ...
Cheo Hurtado (born May 2, 1960) is a Venezuelan musician, one of the most celebrated virtuoso performers of the cuatro, whose extremely agile strumming technique is currently believed to be unsurpassed. He also plays mandolin, bandola and guitar.
Pages in category "Venezuelan-cuatro players" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. D. Simón Díaz; G.