The cuatro is like a guitar and is made of wood. The first cuatro was similar to the vihuela. The first set of strings have the same thickness. The second are also the same. However the third, fourth, and fifth have different thicknesses.
Many folk musicians learn to play the cuatro by reading tablature rather than musical notation.
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