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The Tres is a 3 course chordophone which was created in Cuba. There is also a Puerto Rican Tres which was based on the Cuban one. A chordophone is any musical instrument which produces sound primarily by way of a vibrating string or strings stretched between two points. ...
Tres is also the name of a fictional secret society in the novel Foucault's Pendulum. A secret society is a social organization that requires its members to conceal certain activities—such as rites of initiation or club ceremonies—from outsiders. ...
Foucaults Pendulum (original title: Il pendolo di Foucault) is a novel by Italian novelist and philosopher Umberto Eco. ...
The Cuban Tres
In Cuba, among the Creole class, the Son was created as a song and a salon dance genre. Originally, a guitar, tiple or bandola, played rhythm and lead in the son, but ultimately these were replaced by a new native-born instrument which was a fusion of all three called the Cuban Tres. The term Creole is used with different meanings in different contexts, which can generate confusion. ...
A son is a male offspring; a boy, man, or male animal in relation to his parents. ...
Salon may refer to: a room in a house used for receiving guests. ...
A guitar is a stringed musical instrument. ...
The Spanish word for treble or soprano, often applied to specific instruments. ...
The Bandola is a small pear-shape chordophone found in Venezuela and Colombia. ...
The Cuban tres has three courses (groups) of two strings each for a total of six strings. From the low pitch to the highest, the principal tuning is in C Major: G,C,E
The Puerto Rican Tres During the early part of the 1950's Puerto Ricans abdoted The Cuban Tres to play music with Cuban roots.
The Puerto Rican tres has three courses (groups) of three strings each for a total of nine strings. From the low pitch to the highest, the principal tuning is in C Major: G,C,E
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