Modern cuatros come in a variety of sizes and shapes, and number of strings. Cuatros can either have single-strings, like a guitar, or double- or triple-coursed strings like a mandolin, and vary …

2025年1月5日 · The Cuatro, also called Cuatro llanero or Venezuelan Cuatro, is used in many countries like Venezuela, Colombia, Trinidad & Tobago, and many other Caribbean Islands, …

The Puerto Rican cuatro (Spanish: cuatro puertorriqueño) is the national instrument of Puerto Rico. It belongs to the lute family of string instruments, and is guitar-like in function, but with a …

El cuatro es un instrumento de cuatro cuerdas de origen colonial de la familia de las guitarras que se utiliza en todos los ritmos folclóricos de Venezuela como el Joropo, la gaita y el calipso de …

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 …

This is a genuine Puerto Rican cuatro built by the world famous builder Don Jaime Alicea. I say world famous because his Cuatro's can be found all over the world by top Cuatro players. His …

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 …

The cuatro is often said to be the Caribbean version of the ukulele (although the cuatro was invented three centuries earlier), having a similar sound, looks, and tuning; and being used in …

Distinguished builder of cuatros, among the best in Puerto Rico. His cuatros are used by Modesto Nieves, Tony Mapeyé, Ramón Vázquez and others of their stature. Manuel Rodriguez …

The Venezuelan cuatro is descended directly from the Renaissance guitar, which was brought by Spanish conquerors and colonizers to Venezuela in 1498. Over the centuries the small guitar …