Cuatro de Porto Rico

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Martin

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Joined: Nov. 21 2004

Cuatro de Porto Rico

I have been given one. Anyone know of sites or books I could visit to learn how play it?

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 18 2008 6:25:28

Stu

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Joined: Jan. 30 2007
From: London (the South of it), England

RE: Cuatro de Porto Rico (in reply to Martin)

Is it tuned?
do you play the guitar?

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 19 2008 0:29:43

Stu

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Joined: Jan. 30 2007
From: London (the South of it), England

RE: Cuatro de Porto Rico (in reply to Stu)

quote:

But by dropping the pitch of the two upper string courses by a semitone, you create the interval series 4-4-4-3-4. Voila! Guitar intervals. Now any guitarist can play the cuatro right out of the box. And what beautiful music it makes...my guitar player friends tells me it sounds like a miniature 12-string guitar, but much louder, sweeter and faster

found this regarding the cuatro. not sure if that will help

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 19 2008 0:31:50