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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]
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 ...
The Puerto Rican cuatro (Spanish: cuatro puertorriqueño) is the national instrument of Puerto Rico.It belongs to the lute family of string instruments, and is guitar-like in function, but with a shape closer to that of the violin.
Cuerdas : The strings are the main element that is in charge of producing sound. By being struck with a pick, they are able to produce various sounds and variations of chords in a cuatro. By being struck with a pick, they are able to produce various sounds and variations of chords in a cuatro.
A cuerda at a minimum needs three drummers, one on each part. A full cuerda will have 50–100 drummers, commonly with rows of seven or five drummers, mixing the three types of drums. A typical row of five can be piano-chico-repique-chico-piano, with the row behind having repique-chico-piano-chico-repique and so on to the last row.
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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 ...
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