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The Puerto Rican tres is an adaptation of Cuban tres with nine strings instead of six. Although nine-string treses are documented in Cuba since at least 1913, [ 26 ] investigators agree that the creation of the instrument was probably caused by the 1929 visit of Isaac Oviedo to Puerto Rico during a tour by the Septeto Matancero.
Papi Oviedo began playing tres in 1952 and worked his way up through local bands to be the primary tres player for singer Orlando Contreras. Between 1957 and 1969, he was the featured tresero for Conjunto Tipico Habanero , Conjunto Chappottín and Estrellas de Chocolate . [ 1 ]
Chito Latamblé (right) playing with the Grupo Changüí de Guantánamo at the National Folk Festival in Havana, 1962. Reyes Latamblet Veranes (June 27, 1916 – March 6, 1993), better known as Chito Latamblé, was a Cuban tres player who specialized in the changüí genre of eastern Cuba.
Isaac Oviedo (July 6, 1902 – June 16, 1992) was a Cuban tres player, singer and songwriter. He was the founder and leader of the Septeto Matancero for over 50 years, and the author of many famous sones such as "Engancha carretero".
Nelson González (born May 30, 1948) is a Puerto Rican tres player. He specialises in the Cuban tres, and only occasionally plays the Puerto Rican tres (similar to the cuatro). He is a prolific session musician and has been a member of renowned salsa ensembles such as Fania All-Stars, Orchestra Harlow and Típica 73. [1]
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Technically, the changüi ensemble consists of: marímbula, bongos, tres, güiro (or guayo) and one or more singers. [2] Changüi does not use the Cuban key pattern (or guide pattern) known as clave. [3] The tres typically plays offbeat guajeos , while the guayo plays on the beat.