![]() ![]() Puente ( bridge): The function of the bridge is to be able to maintain the strings in the position they are supposed to be in.By being struck with a pick, they are able to produce various sounds and variations of chords in a cuatro. Cuerdas ( string): The strings are the main element that is in charge of producing sound.Although this is allows cuatros to be distinguishable, the actual function that these serve in the instrument is for feedback prevention. Rosetas ( rosette): This is a circular ornament that is present at the mouth of the instrument.Diapasón (diapason): Diapason is an addition of the cuatro that is placed under the frets, to allow the musician comfort to the hand and a grasp whilst he/she is playing.Trastes ( fret): There are 18 to 20 frets in a traditional Puerto Rican Cuatro.It helps keep the strings in place as well as aid in the tuning process of the instrument. Cejuela ( nut or hueso): This is found on both ends of the cuatro, close to the head of the instrument, and in the overall body of it.Clavijero ( pegbox): This is found at the head of the cuatro, which allows the instrument's strings to be tuned.The cuatro is composed of several parts that work together to formulate the distinguishable sound of the instrument: The Puerto Rican cuatro has ten strings in five courses, tuned in fourths from low to high, with B and E in octaves and A, D, and G in unisons: B 3 B 2 - E 4 E 3 - A 3 A 3 - D 4 D 4 - G 4 G 4. The Puerto Rican cuatro is shaped more like a viola than a guitar, and is the most familiar of the three instruments of the Puerto Rican orquesta jíbara (i.e., the cuatro, the tiple and the bordonua). Depending on their particular stringing, cuatros are part of the guitar or mandolin subfamilies of the lute family. Cuatros can either have single-strings, like a guitar, or double- or triple-coursed strings like a mandolin, and vary in size from a large mandolin or small guitar, to the size of a full-size guitar. Modern cuatros come a variety of sizes and shapes, and number of strings. Ĭuatro means four in Spanish the instrument's 15th century predecessors were the Spanish vihuela and the Portuguese cavaquinho, the latter having four strings like the cuatro. In Puerto Rico and Venezuela, the cuatro is an ensemble instrument for secular and religious music, and is played at parties and traditional gatherings. Although some have viola-like shapes, most cuatros resemble a small to mid-sized classical guitar. The tuba sits upside down on its bell.The cuatro is a family of Latin American string instruments played in Puerto Rico, Venezuela and other Latin American countries. The concert tuba is held in a player’s lap, which is different from the marching instrument known as the sousaphone that a player wears over their shoulders. It is the bass, or lowest, member of the brass family. The second stamp features a concert (or orchestral) tuba, or in Spanish, the bombardino. There are a ton of trumpet stamps from all over the world, you can see more on my trumpet stamp board. This example features the modern orchestral trumpet with three valves. The trumpet is the soprano, or lead voice in the brass family. The first stamp in the set features a trumpet. All four of the instruments are made of brass (including the saxophone, which is a woodwind instrument), which makes a striking appearance against the red. The 2010 set features four self-adhesive stamps with a single instrument standing against a bright red background. Finally, in 2013, Spain made a set of five stamps with percussion instruments including both folk and orchestral instruments. Then, in 2012, the theme was string instruments from across the world including a banjo and a balalaika. By comparison, in 2011 the theme was for stringed instruments, including folk instruments such as the bandurria. The first set features four wind instruments, three of them brass: trumpet, orchestral horn, and tuba and the fourth a woodwind, the saxophone. For my money, the 2010 set of Spanish stamps featuring musical instruments is the most boring (both in design and topic). Spain made sets of musical instrument stamps each year between 20.
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