Cuatro

Name: Cuatro - 1. Creole guitar of South America and the West Indies, made out of pine or cedar wood, with four nylon strings. The cuatro is usually strummed rather than plucked. Derived from the Spanish guitar. 2. Puerto Rican guitar used in country music. Originally the Puerto Rican cuatro had only four strings. Around 1875 it was changed to five sets of double strings.

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• Hogar del Cuatro Puertorriqueño

• Oscar Schmidt Cuatro

• Puerto Rican Style Cuatro

• VENEZUELAN CUATRO - STUDY - GAMBOA

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