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Guajeos played on Tres Cubano
12018-08-27T00:46:18-07:00Colin McDonaldca930b0e7394f78ad796433f73d2077b97842b93309144The tres has three widely spaced pairs of strings. It is played using a hard pick and an emphatic plucking technique that gives a percussive quality. While the tres is often played as a melody instrument and may take a featured role during son, its main function is to provide a guajeo, a repeating melodic-rhythmic cell that interlocks with the patterns of other instruments/vocals. (As the son ensemble grew, other instruments, especially piano, took over this role.) The guajeo is similar to the repeating riffs of Central African music: it combines polyrhythmically with the other instruments and vocals, especially the bass patterns known as tumbaos.plain2018-08-31T06:53:48-07:00Marc Thormanf2b57c456bb408491ab2cdffaf869c4905420054