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The cuatro is any of several Latin American instruments of the guitar or lute families. Many cuatros are smaller than a guitar. Cuatro means ''four'' in Spanish, although current instruments may have more than four strings. The cuatro is found in South America, and in Puerto Rico and other territories of the West Indies. Certain variants are considered the national instrument of some countries (e.g., Venezuela). Its 15th century predecessor was the Portuguese Cavaquinho, which, like the cuatro had four strings. The cuatro is widely used in ensembles in Jamaica, Mexico, and Surinam to accompany singing and dancing. In Trinidad and Tobago it accompanies Parang singers. In Puerto Rico and Venezuela, the cuatro is an ensemble instrument for secular and religious music, and is played at parties and traditional gatherings. == Venezuelan cuatro == (詳細はVenezuela has four single nylon strings, tuned (A4,D5,F#5,B4) or (A3,D4,F#4,B3). It is similar in shape and tuning to the ukulele, but their character and playing technique are vastly different. It is tuned in a similar fashion to the traditional D tuning of the ukulele, but the B is an octave lower. Consequently, the same fingering can be used to shape the chords, but it produces a different transposition of each chord. There are variations on this instrument, having five strings or six strings. Image:Cuatro Ramon Blanco.jpg| Variants: A pear-shaped Venezuelan cuatro called the ''bandola llanera'' has four strings, tuned A3 D4 A4 E5. A sort of truncated pear-shaped bandola oriental has eight strings in four double-courses, and is tuned similarly to a mandolin, but with some octave doublings: G4 G3♦D5 D4♦A4 A4♦E5 E5 Other Venezuelan cuatro variants include: cinco cuatro (5 strings in 4 courses); seis cinco (6 strings in 5 courses); cinco y medio (5 strings and a short extra string from the top of the body); cuatro y medio (4 strings plus a short extra string); and octavo (8 strings in 4 double courses).() 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cuatro (instrument)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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