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In Guatemala, a cuerda is a traditional unit of distance, equal to exactly 25 varas [1] or almost 21 meters (nearly 69 feet).. During 19th-century Spain, a cuerda was a unit of length, of nearly 6.889 m (approx. 7.554 yd). [2]
12 Hits para 2 guitarras flamencas y orquesta de cuerda (12 Hits for 2 Flamenco Guitars and a String Orchestra) is the fourth of four collaboration albums by Paco de Lucía and Ramón de Algeciras. Track listing
The land component has an area of 698 cuerdas (678 acres) [7] while the marine component has an expanse of 3,516 cuerdas (3,415 acres), [8] for a total area of 4,214 cuerdas (4,093 acres). The Reserve consists of mangrove ecosystems , coastal sand dunes , a saline lagoon known as Laguna Las Salinas, open water, and a century-old local community ...
corto.alto is a music project formed in Glasgow by multi-instrumentalist Liam Shortall. [1] The debut album "Bad With Names" was shortlisted for the Mercury Prize "Album Of The Year" 2024. [2] [3] Shortall has some Spanish ancestry and the moniker corto.alto in Spanish translates as short.tall (a pun on his last name, Shortall). [4] [5]
The cuatro is a family of Latin American string instruments played in Colombia, Puerto Rico, Venezuela and other Latin American countries. It is derived from the Spanish guitar.
Altar de Cuerda has a duration of about 28 minutes and is cast in three movements: "Morisco chilango" ("Chilango Moorish") "Canto abierto" ("Open Song") "Maya déco" The title of the first movement refers to Ortiz's Mexico City background (where "chilango" is a slang term used to denote its residents) and Dueñas's Andalusian background; the composer thus combined elements of Latin American ...
Guitar and lute This illustration in a French Psalter from the 9th century (c. 830) shows a little known plucked string instrument called cythara in manuscripts. Stringed instruments hanging on a wall.
Celtas Cortos is a Spanish Celtic rock band. [3] They have sold over two million records during their career, making them one of the most commercially successful Spanish groups of all time. [4] They formed in Valladolid (Castilla y León) in 1986. [3]