Accompaniment instruments and music are fantastic for either strumming away in your free time or playing in a band as an accompaniment or soloist musician. This can be seen as a more basic or intermediate way of playing the Cuatro. Here you combine chords and strums to form excellent interpretations of songs and genres. Again, there are different levels of music; you will be able to explore these as you go along.
Adrián Toro Accompanying
For plucking strings, you will find tabs with which you can play melodies and get a feel for the instrument. Now, the Soloist versions, here is where we get into the more advanced stages of the Cuatro, and for most who get to know the instrument this is the primary goal.
We always say the instrument is easy to learn how to play and complex to master. This is the case when playing Soloist songs. Essentially, playing like a Soloist is harmonizing the song by playing the melody where there are (in most cases) 1 strum per chord. This requires precision, agility, and a high sense of rhythm. Not to be worried, TuCuatro will provide you with all of the tools to get to this level. We use a modular methodology where you will familiarize yourself with specific components of a song. Once they have been mastered individually, they can be combined to form the complete song.
Master Cheo Hurtado Soloist Demonstration
Cheo Hurtado has set new standards for cuatro players around the world, his style is considered the bases of folk music played with a Cuatro and many cuatro players base their roots on the techniques that master Cheo Hurtado developed many decades ago.
Accompaniment or soloist?
The bar is where you set it; the instrument can cater to your needs and so can TuCuatro. We have a multitude of resources you can tap on to be able to learn the techniques that cuatro masters use during their performances for Accompaniment or Soloist styles. Also, you count on an extensive list of courses and lessons from TuCuatro for you to learn how to play the instrument.
The feeling after your first accompaniment song, and then soloist song are incredible. From there you free yourself to improvise and further explore the instrument. Have fun with it!
