Well. Now I know what a Cuatro sounds like. It resembles a fuller version of my baritone ukelele. You play much better than I do, too. I just know a couple chords.
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Well. Now I know what a Cuatro sounds like. It resembles a fuller version of my baritone ukelele. You play much better than I do, too. I just know a couple chords.
Yes, it is around that size and not really similar in sound since the strings are not in an ascending order like the ukulele.
The baritone uke is usually strung D-G-B-E like the highest 4 strings on a guitar.
Venezuelan Cuatro has some variations on tunings. The traditional one is A-D-F#-B (that B is in the same octave as the A), a guitar-like tuning G-C-E-A (taking on the ascending tuning pattern of many instruments), a tenor tuning E-A-C#-F#. And there are others. There's also the different kinds of cuatros with more strings and sizes, but those are only played on a specific region of Venezuela.