Tres Ciubano

[Dolamon]

I just posted this on the Jazz thread and thought that tenor players might enjoy some different insights. https://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/s...-a-Tres-Cubano

This is long, but it is worth watching and trying to absorb a really different method of playing rhythm.

[zedmando]

I would love to try a Tres one day...

[Dolamon]

Zed - In eastern Cuba: Guantanamo, Santiago, Holguin etc., most of the instruments I saw, seemed to be 3/4 size Classical guitars which were 'converted' to Tres Cubano by changing the nut and saddle to accommodate the double stringing. This is not a rich country or rich musicians. They use what they can get and make it work for them. I looked but couldn't find or didn't see a music store which sold instruments or supplies and that included Havana. I suspect most of the stores are back alley operations which run under the radar of the changing regime. But trying to find one ...

[DavidKOS]

Zed - In eastern Cuba: Guantanamo, Santiago, Holguin etc., most of the instruments I saw, seemed to be 3/4 size Classical guitars which were 'converted' to Tres Cubano by changing the nut and saddle to accommodate the double stringing.

I seen this done - and converted a few guitars myself. What's important is the tres tuning.