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The word cuatro means "four", which was the total number of strings of the earliest Puerto Rican instrument known by the cuatro name. [ 1 ] The current cuatro has ten strings [ 1 ] in five courses, tuned, in fourths , from low to high B3 B2♦E4 E3♦A3 A3♦D4 D4♦G4 G4 (note that the bottom two pairs are in octaves, while the top three pairs ...
The 1954 United States Capitol shooting was a domestic terrorist attack on March 1, 1954, by four Puerto Rican nationalists seeking to promote Puerto Rican independence from the United States. They fired 30 rounds from semi-automatic pistols onto the legislative floor from the Ladies' Gallery (a balcony for visitors) of the House of ...
A Puerto Rican Cuatro. The Puerto Rican cuatro is shaped more like a viola than a guitar, and is the most familiar [clarification needed] of the three instruments of the Puerto Rican orquesta jíbara (i.e., the cuatro, the tiple and the bordonua). The Puerto Rican cuatro has ten strings in five courses, tuned in fourths from low to high, with B ...
Son by Four is a Latin music group from Puerto Rico, well known for their English U.S. pop hit "The Purest of Pain (A Puro Dolor)". The group is now independent, and they founded their label SB4 Music Group in 2003.
The naming customs of Hispanic America are similar to the Spanish naming customs practiced in Spain, with some modifications to the surname rules.Many Hispanophones in the countries of Spanish-speaking America have two given names, plus like in Spain, a paternal surname (primer apellido or apellido paterno) and a maternal surname (segundo apellido or apellido materno).
Right now, Ileana Mercedes Cabra Joglar should be working feverishly at a recording studio somewhere in her native Puerto Rico, adding new songs to her much-anticipated fourth solo album. But at ...
José Ramon Fernández, 1st Marquis of La Esperanza (1808–1883), was the wealthiest sugar baron in Puerto Rico in the 19th century. He was also one of the most powerful men of the entire Spanish Caribbean. [1] He owned an immense plantation of nearly 2300 acres on the northern coast of Puerto Rico, and a sugar mill with an advanced steam engine.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Ryan Pamplin, a 36-year-old who moved to Puerto Rico from the mainland US four years ago. Pamplin is the founder and CEO of BlendJet, a brand ...