What does "cuatrico" mean?
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In the Christmas song, El Burro de Belén, it says "Con mi cuatrico voy contando." What does cuatrico mean?
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updated Jan 6, 2017
posted by Adele1981
The author of: "El Burro de Belen", Hugo Blanco played a small guitar in Venezuela called a "Cuatro". So, in the song it sound reasonable to translate the line: "Con mi cuatrico voy cantando" as: "With my little guitar I go singing". - scott345, Dec 8, 2016
The author of: "El Burro de Belen", Hugo Blanco played a small guitar in Venezuela called a "Cuatro". So, in the song it seems reasonable to translate the line: "Con mi cuatrico voy cantando" as: "With my little guitar I go singing". - scott345, Dec 8, 2016
Hugo Blanco info came from Wikepedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Blanco_(musician) - scott345, Dec 8, 2016
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Cuatro Venezolano It has 4 strings, hence the name "cuatro":
Cuatro Puertoriqueño It has 10 strings. Beats me why it's called "cuatro". 
updated Jan 6, 2017
edited by Gekkosan
posted by Gekkosan
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updated Nov 28, 2011
edited by 0074b507
posted by 0074b507
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The current cuatro (four) has ten strings in five courses, tuned, in fourths (Hence, its name), from low to high B3 B2?E4 E3?A3 A3?D4 D4?G4 G4 (note that the bottom two pairs are in octaves, while the top three pairs are tuned in unison).
updated Jan 6, 2017
posted by juliobello
