blue_knight_usa
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XR8Qc5mX2Uk Here is an interesting thing: The cuatro of 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 ukulele's traditional D tuning, but the B is an octave lower. I recently had a visitor from Venezuela who has received numerous awards in various cities. Just imagine this through a PA, with some mixing and wow! His strumming style and pattern is what makes this music great. He played a few of my ukuleles and the songs worked perfectly. Different key but the fingering was exactly the same which is interesting. I did a video to demonstrate how this worked. Hope you enjoy.