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El Cuatro Puertorriqueño (1938): Guitar player above the swamp water. The workers' quarter of Puerto de Tierra. San Juan, Puerto Rico. Very little is known about the exact origin of the cuatro. However, most experts believe that the cuatro has existed on the island in one form or another for about 400 years.
The word cuatro was used to represent the number of strings that the instrument initially had, but a 10 stringed, 5 course cuatro was made in 1887, as shown in a photograph taken in 1916. By 1922, cuatro music was being played on Puerto Rican radio stations, like "Los Jíbaros de la Radio" (1932) and "Industrias Nativas" (1934).
Cordero has composed a large catalogue distinguished by its Caribbean flavor. He has written eight concertos (four for guitar, two for violin, one for flute/piccolo and one for the Puerto Rican cuatro), orchestral compositions, a variety of chamber works in which the guitar appears in diverse ensembles, and numerous guitar solos, some of which have become standards.
The tiple is the smallest of the three string instruments of Puerto Rico that make up the orquesta jibara (i.e., the Cuatro, the Tiple and the Bordonua).According to investigations made by Jose Reyes Zamora, the tiple in Puerto Rico dates back to the 18th century.
English: Historic model of the Puerto Rican "Cuatro," a type of guitar from Puerto Rico and Venezuela. Picture taken in the Museo de la Música Puertorriqueña Picture taken in the Museo de la Música Puertorriqueña
Invented a method to play the cuatro called "rasgapunteo" (Spanish) Fredy Reyna – took the playing capabilities of the instrument to new heights, and created a method of teaching the cuatro. Famous soloist. Leonardo Lozano Escalante: Venezuelan master of soloist cuatro "cuatro solista" or concert cuatro, "cuatro de concierto". Lozano has ...
Christian Nieves is a Puerto Rican cuatro player. Nieves is mostly known for having been a performer in the American reality television series Q'Viva!:The Chosen, where his performance became famous for bringing singer Jennifer Lopez to tears who considered the melody very emotional.
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