Can I Learn the Cuatro in 10 Minutes?
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- Опубліковано 14 сер 2020
- Can I learn the Cuatro in ten minutes?... no.
But we can have some fun jamming and learn a bit along the way.
Thanks to MIM and Daniel Piper, the Curator of the Latin America collection: mim.org/
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This was filmed in early 2020 well before shelter-in-place and in a very compressed timeframe before the museum opened for the day and a flood of children on field trips took over. As soon as travel and public gatherings resume, we highly recommend going to visit the Musical Instrument Museum in Phoenix, Arizona to celebrate their 10-year anniversary.
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Next up: Rob Scallon learns mongolian throat singing.
That would be SO awesome 😮👌🏻
On a piece of hair lmao
Hell yeah
Yes please!
yes please
Rob: “hey can I have a look at thi-“ *starts playing rain on a new instrument*
Let me get this straight: You comment something that is unrelated to the fact that I have two DANGEROUSLY DASHING girlfriends? Considering that I am the unprettiest UA-camr ever, having two hot girlfriends is really incredible. Yet you did not mention that at all. I am quite disappointed, dear rob
@@AxxLAfriku lol wut
AxxL did you forget to take your meds this morning?
AxxL
It’s a good schtick but you’re trying too hard
i actually thought that he would try to play rain
Being a Puerto Rican, of course he didn't play the instrument to its authentic roots, but FLASH NEWS... he's not a Puerto Rican, he just picked up the instrument and started to familiarize with it. I'm just happy that the instrument got more recognition and people that are truly interested will continue to do the research and find the amazing history behind the Cuatro!
Love your content Rob!
Exactly... he doesn't know el seis or agunilandos. He played what he knew and showed its a versatile instrument. And anyway the arbic style would be very appropriate to the Spanish/andaluz roots
I have a cuatro and yep i end up sounding like an old english minstrel with this thing every time i pick it up. I would love to learn something like La Murga but its a completely different animal.
Ain't no one arguing that. Le quedo cabrón
defenetely! soy de pr también!! qué felicidad saber que hay puertorriqueños por todos lados mano jaja
Would love to own one, as a metalhead and enthusiast of history. It has a great sound that seems brighter than a 12 string guitar but tuned in a way I could use it with my 7 string. The rhythm they used is great too, heard it in a couple places and always loved it
“Its a little difficult for figerstyle”
rob: plays
“well clearly not for you”
What does figerstyle mean?
He didn’t know he was dealing with Rob “First Try” Scallon
@@Tejvir7 not using a pick
I loved that "ok, now i'm useless" face the guy made just after singing the melody and rob instantly got it and started jamming
That aint it
that was the face of being extremely impressed with another musician haha
Yeah he wasn't anywhere near the real Melody LOL
@@Anduenev What does that mean?
But he didn't get the melody right at all, that was actually kind of embarrassing
He couldn't learn it in 10 minutes, he learned it instantly.
@Andrew AK he didn't already know it. He invented it
He's a fucking genius
He's know since time immemorial
As long it got a fret board
Yep
_"It used to have 4 strings, now it has 10."_
Sounds like what happens to a bass when you give it to Davie.
more like 69 strings ;)
Omg Epico
Slapper
Epic!!!
S L A P
“Can I learn the Cuatro in 10 minutes?”
Thumbnail: “No.”
Video: “Yes.”
But he actually didn't master it. To master the cuatro, you have to play it the traditional way we do in Puerto Rico. No hate towards Rob, but its sad that the guy in the museum doesn't know his cuatro facts correctly. Rob did it his way which is the guitar way, but the music we play here in PR is much much more different.
@@AlexisVega-xi5yq That’s like saying playing modern metal on an electric guitar instead of 70s/80s rock isn’t actually playing the guitar. It’s an instrument, he played music on the instrument, it doesn’t matter if he didn’t play it “traditionally.”
@@AlexisVega-xi5yq I am from Puerto Rico and we don`t play it like that
@@fabiandelgado6961 you don't play it how?
@@AlexisVega-xi5yq we play it with a picc and we play it, searh juradito cuatro and click on one of the videos
Instrument: *Exists*
Rob: "I must learn it"
Damn how do i see your comment in so many guitar videos
XD
We all do
I see you everywhere
How are you everywhere
Rob "Something Like That" Scallon
Rob "I'm sure this isn't the last time we do something crazy like this." Scallon
Puerto Rican and Cuatro player here. Love the respectful way this man is talking about our national instrument. He knows his stuff. Also, playing the Cuatro without a pick is an act of bravery since it would just mean death to your fingers. Props to you for that and for getting some sound out of the instrument almost right after picking it up.
I might just be drunk, but just thinking about how there's a Rob Scallon out in the world almost makes me tear up.
He's super talented, but humble in that sincere way that you know he practices so hard.
He's so enthusiastic and present that it brings out the cutest bits in his guests. I love when when he gets experts to perk up. He goes for it, and they love that.
I could probably wax on but I honestly think you are doing the best you.
Cheers
Nope your not just drunk, your speaking straight facts.
other musicians: "I practiced for 40 hours today"
Rob: "I just mastered a new instrument in 10 minutes"
LING LING!
Rob: If you can learn it slowly, you can learn it quickly
Davie 504 practices bass 69 hours a day and thats the only way you can practice an instrument
@@eboysam1437 420 days a year
LING LING!!!
I really appreciate your interest in our national instrument "Cuatro Puertorriqueño". But the museum curator has no idea about the rhythms played on the Cuatro and it's not the clave. The piece he was trying to show you is called "Verde Luz" and is a Puerto Rican Danza written by Antonio Caban Vale "El Topo". I would like that someone who knows well the theme and who knows how to play, can teach you properly. Thank you for your interest in our music; it is beautiful your honest interest about music.
PS: When the pandemic has been resolved, I invite you to visit our island; you will have fun and I promise that you will fall in love with ours musical culture.
Wepa!!! I was thinking just the same, this curator seems like he has his history down but knows little of the actual technique and nuances of the instrument. Being from Puerto Rico I was excited to see our culture represented but quickly realized that my expectations were a bit high.
You should write the museum and inform the curators. I’m sure they’d be happy to change or update their information if you could provide them with sources.
Donde en la isla es un lugar bueno para escuchar música auténtica?
+12 34 Agreed!!!!
100% with Edgardo on this
Amazing job, Rob!!!
Good jobert robert
He's not even close to how the instrument is supposed to be played, but I like his enthusiasm. They could have at least shown him a video of a master so he could have had at least had a reference point. The curator also made a supremely false statement. The "mùsica jibaro" (countryside music) has NOT disappeared. It still is flourishing in the island's countryside. Anyway here is video of a true master of the instrument. ua-cam.com/video/9a4TnnVXg7g/v-deo.html
If this channel becomes an instrument history channel, I'm ALL FOR IT
Ah you have mastered the art of Adam Neely's anti-anti clickbait.
He's one step above, lying so he *doesn't* get views
Wait if he’s lying in his thumbnail then wouldn’t that just be clickbait but with a different objective
@@funi-so8067 Off topic, but I love your avatar!
@@K4RN4GE911 Thank you! (you prob already know but) it's Niko from Oneshot
@@funi-so8067 Yeah, it's a very great game. I love the music, too. I even did a rock cover of Eleventh Hour.
As a puertorriqueño I have a cuatro at home and I have been waiting for someone to do this.
Can you indicate to us some nice cuatro pieces being played here on YT?
@@malcelinho There's a lot of Salsa and Bachata that uses it, bands like El Gran Combo have some really nice pieces, I'm sure that if you look for Cuatro covers of their songs you can find some
@@malcelinho you can listen "música llanera" from Venezuela and Colombia, also colombian rhythms like "pasillos" and "torbellinos"
Tks guys, I'll look for it!
Same! Such an underrepresented instrument.
As an actual Puerto Rican, he obviously didn't master the cuatro, in the same way I don't master the cuatro when I go to my Abuelo's house and play it like a guitar. This is an instrument partially tuned in 4ths, so if you know scale/chords shapes on one, you can approximate them on a similar instrument. That knowledge is convenient and can quickly adapt you to an instrument, but it does not indicate mastery. Rob obviously acknowledges that in the title which I actually appreciate a lot. The way Rob feels his 4/4 pulse when he plays is not at all how a jibaro will feel the same pulse (if you would like more insight to how the pulse is felt in Puerto Rican folk music, look up tutorials on how to play a guiro).
OKAY with that out of the way, I still love Rob! I'VE been subbed since 2016, so this is not hate at all. I think Rob is talented enough that if he really wanted to learn music in the Puerto Rican tradition, he could.
I think tom Quayle and alex hutchings tun thier 6 strings in a 4th tuning.
Eso es muy cierto!!!
Completely agree
Toda la razón!!!!!
This guy knows what he’s talking about. Rob is talented, no doubt. But his straightforward rhythmic approach and lack of syncopation made his cuatro playing slightly cringey, especially against the clave pulse.
I'm from Puerto Rico and I play the cuatro. The realization he came to about the tuning, comparing it to a 5 string bass is the same way I describe it to others who ask me about the cuatro. "Think about it like a 5 string bass." And the cuatro is such a versatile instrument that can be used for so many different genres. I've played 80s rock music on the cuatro. Really happy Rob decided he wanted to learn this instrument, I truly believe it needs to be heard all over the world.
Yo tenía ex de apellido franqui. Estaba loca con coj*nes 😭😂. Anyways I am glad to see a fellow Puerto Rican in this channel.
Check out Christian Nieves. He's one of the most modern puertorican cuatro virtuoso players from the island. Also check out the Orquesta Mapeye which is a traditional puertorican orchestra.
Christian Nieves is amazing, I also love Edwin Colon Zayas, and Gabriel Munoz
puñeta si!
Yes! I've worked with Christian, he's like the Yngwie of cuatro!
Ricky Torres, Orlando Laureano y Modesto son otros caballos.
Done. Thanks!
The Cuatro guy looks like Tom Scott if he was way older
I was thinking the same thing!
I was thinking he kinda looks like Ed Helms who played Andy on The Office
Benjamin Dover i thought the same thing!!! also, i like your name :p
i just think it and i saw your comment
Tom Scott mixed with Lin Manuel Miranda
I’m Puertorrican, and no. You did not played traditional cuatro. But that was super sweet and in a new way I’ve never heard the cuatro before. We are so used to listening it in such if traditional way that I think we don’t even question its possibilities. You brought out a bunch of new shades and flavors out of it. Thanks man!
I have to say, i'm puertorrican and i love to see our culture in museums and social media and that you actually play the cuatro, not like a aguinaldo jibaro, but hearing the strings gave me shivers, you did a good job playing it.
Being Puerto Rican, I really liked that they had a collection in MIM when I visited. Really cool to see your approach to the cuatro.
Also when Daniel said coño at the end, I cracked up.
COÑO VA BIEN!
Haha.
That "Coño bien" hit differently
I love how we puerto ricans are so proud of our culture. We always allude to being puerto rican on our comments on videos that represent our culture. Saludos desde el oeste!
6:38 Combining Purtero rican Cuatro with Mid Eastern Oud music. What a fusion
¡¡El Cuatro es Patria!! 🇵🇷 Just listening to the first notes transforms your whole being. You awake and just imagine the mountains, the rivers, the lakes. It is an amazing and unique feeling. I just look out my window and see all of this and still, it's always missing that breeze filled those high notes. Gives goosebumps every time ¡Wepa a mi gente, desde la montaña! ¡¡Puerto Rico Vive!! 🇵🇷
How have I not known about this channel. Rob thanks for keeping it real and giving us a place to come and leave the world behind. You’re the best
Music Historians: NOOO! You can’t name it the Cuatro it has 10 strings!!!
Puerto Rico: haha Cuatro go brrrr
Hahaha nice
Noice
As a Puerto Rican I can prove that’s how it went
jaja*
mark it’s a meme lol
WOOOOO IM FROM PUERTO RICO IM SO HAPPY RN
Las cosas de la vida
The cuatro is a beautiful musical instrument and very versatile. You can play all that you want, also classical music. Thanks for this video, and for presenting to your subscribers. 🎶🙌🏻
Rob I love your historical instrument videos, keep it up. I love how your stuff mixes music, comedy and real educational information.
I wish I could be half as talented as Rob. He's such an amazing musician and so down to Earth.
I'm crazy or Rob is getting a little bit influenced in his left hand technique by Brandon?
I definitely see it.
well he's been like a sponge so far sucking up all the practical musical skills he can
Im Puerto Rican and I REALLY appreciate this!!! The cuatro is a staple of our music and its such a beautiful sounding instrument
My abuelo gave me his cuatro when I turned 11 and I would spend hours learning “paranda” music. This is awesome Rob!
If I'd had a few teachers at school who could talk so authoritatively and passionately about their subject, I might have actually learned something. Thanks and respect to Mr Piper and thanks to Rob for making me feel like a musical dullard . . . again!
Meanwhile it takes me 10 hours
to master Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
Well it was written by mozart
ofcourse its hard
Ok, no need to show off like that
Go back to playing the sungi horn Zuzu...
❤
you look like lee, zuzu
Thank you for putting our Quatro on your channel! Been a susbscriber since 2014 never I expected the quatro to ever be featured in ypur channel!
As a Puerto Rican it’s super interesting to hear what non-Puerto Ricans come up with when they play the instrument. I got my Irish-American husband a cuatro for Christmas many years ago and it was really fun to see how he learned some traditional holiday tunes, but also incorporated some of his Irish fiddle background into things as he got more comfortable experimenting. It was fun!
I do hope this inspires people to learn more about the amazing cuatristas and traditional music of PR, which has such a rich history, like most famously, Yomo Toro. But I also hope this inspires further experimentation and creativity with this amazing instrument!
He can play the cuatro easily i mean he's rob scallon he can play every instrument in the world
Everyone can...
Lile he has literally played two buildings lol
That's not how you actually play it and the sound way different but i appreciate that he gave it his own sound
@@yuumygum203 I'd like him to try the Venezuelan style, I'd be amazing
That’s not really how u play a cuatro
He can definitely learn the Venezuelan cuatro in under 10 minutes
Hell no
i mean, he's got more than enough previous knowledge to master it quickly, all he would need is to get used to the chasquido and the fact that ALL Venezuelan music is either 5/4, 3/4 or 6/8.
@@lossie8086 it'd be cool to do a jam session with him playing the cuatro and I'd be playing the bandola.
@@lossie8086 at this point, gaitas would be a walk in the park for him even if we found one in like 7/4
I would LOVE to see Rob play the cuatro, watching him play gaitas or llaneras would be super good
As someone who’s half Puerto Rican, I really appreciate you showing this native instrument of theirs I had no clue about, it’s super badass and I’d love to get my hands on one some day!✌🏽❤️
I am from Puerto Rico and I play the cuatro. Have been playing it for almost 30 years now and WOW!, that was amazing for a first timer.
Me: learns smoke on the water and seven nation army
Rob: masters a instrument in ten minutes
Also me: •-•
He most certainly didn't master it, but he can jam with a bunch of instruments! If you're into tabs right now, try looking at some actual sheet music, learn early on how and why the things you are playing sound the way they do. And you'll be jamming in no time! (Now you just need to find a Quatro!)
Thanks for that man! Really appreciate it I was just joking though . I’ve been playing guitar for 4 years. 😂😂😂
Rob was at your stage once as well don’t worry
@@lennonobyrne5769 In that case, here's the reality. It's all (practicing) scales, always has been.
@@Stagg369 any tips for a beginner like me ??
“Rob scallion learns the triangle in 10 minutes.”
i don’t know if that’s possible man, master trianglists spend a life time honing their craft.
@@hydro5378 shut up he will
We know what that means..... TRIANGLE METAL
@Ivory_ Lagiacrus_YT definitely not the Knicks.
Happy Birthday Rob! love your content
I love seeing you jam on all these different instruments, Rob. A true musical scholar 🤘
Any puerto rican, like me, can relate to the massive hype felt when we saw our famous "cuatro" being featured by Rob scallion.
To anyone being like "wow, he learned this instantly". This instrument is tuned in fourths like a guitar or bass, starting with a b. It's like a 5-string bass without the high g string. If you can play guitar or bass, you can play this thing. I'm not saying what Rob played here wasn't awesome. I'm saying, that it isn't mindblowing at all, that he can play it, like many of you make it out to be.
That and he's basically playing guitar riffs and chords. I would've loved for him to actually play Puertorican cuatro Music.
It has the G string. He’s playing the 10 string version which has 5 notes(that are tuned exactly like a 5-string bass) which are either doubled or octaves
It makes me proud to see someone so big actually learning something about my beautiful Island...
Puerto rico has some of the most beautiful sounding string instruments, playing the tiple and cuatro together has such a beautiful sound Its one of the few things I genuinely love about my country
The music sounded like it came from Assassin's Creed! Masterful playing right there! Fantastic!
I never knew you can play cuatro as an oud, as a Boricua, I finally know that cuatro is an alternative instrument to play an oud, now the cuatro can be play many Middle East/Arabic songs.
Love this series picking up new instruments and learning them is always fun
I love how passionate he was when you started playing it!
When the guitar store employee is genuinely impress by ur playing
He's the curator of the Latin American collection at the Musical Instrument Museum in Arizona. Much more than a "guitar store employee". All the more impressive.
This is really interesting for a guy who has a signature "ocho." LOL. XD.
If this ten-string instrument is the Cuatro, would his eight-string be a Tres?
So that would mean that a 6-string is a... dos?
@@Zaffre_ENTMT I think so, and a 4 string bass would be a "Uno Punto Cinco" i think
@@linzmusic554 I believe that's a 5-string...
Sadly, Uno doesn't have bass, just like the rest of the album.
@@Zaffre_ENTMT Not unlike One by Metallica then
I was waiting for this day that he finally plays one of these instruments. Doesn't ever disappoint in his ability to use his many years of strings knowledge and bring that to an instrument like this. I would love to see him play a mandocello or irish bouzouki.
Never know this existed, it sounds great.
And i love the fact that when you bring exotic instruments that you always have na expert in that field to teach some history about the instrument.
Very cool!!
ua-cam.com/video/c6stBZ9UJv4/v-deo.html
9:20 I never thought I'd hear the word CoÑo in one of rob's videos haha
At first I heard "the creator of latin america" and I was like wtf
😂😂😂😂
Rob's videos always cheer me up
Rob, I’m looking forward to a follow up video on the Cuatro. I’d love to see you learning it from someone who knows the technicalities of the instrument. Great information on this video, though. And, I have to say, you did a great job making some cool music on the cuatro. It really was a great fusion of rhythms!
cant wait for first of October!!
why
He’s like the avatar of all the instruments
Master of all instrument
As a Puerto Rican it’s happy to see people discuss our music
He has a great ear to be able to immediately response correctly! I enjoyed his interpretation with our Cuatro. Juan
Rob with a hat that isn't his beanie cap makes me profoundly uncomfortable.
His ears are freakin me out!
HE HAS EARS?!?!
It's a brimmed beanie.
@@RivLoveshine nah they mean during the ad
Puerto Rican Cuatro... Search for Jorge Glem to hear a Venezuelan Cuatro properly played! Great video, love Daniel here
That's so cool. the instrument and Rob's skill with stringed instruments
happy to see you playing one of the instruments of my beautiful island Puerto Rico I am a guitarist but I play the cuatro too there are many books to learn to play the instrument thank you very much for making that good video
he did not learn in 10 minutes but it is good to know that he talk in a video about the cuatron is a good accompanist with the guitar and I would like that when the covid leaves you come to Puerto Rico or get someone to play the cuatro for you and learn more about him
I’m puertorican and I can say that the cuatro has never gone out of style or has been stopped playing.
Boricua here. It's such a unique and lovely sound, the closest thing that resembles it sonically, is the balalaika, in my opinion
Holy shit, that sound was amazing. I'd love to hear an album (or a long medley) of you jamming with the cuatro.
That’s not how an actual cuatro sounds but yeah it sounded nice
@@Alenator-pq9wf Really late reply but what do you mean? Do you mean that he wasn't playing a real cuatro, or just that he wasn't playing traditional music with it? Cuz if it's the latter, I already know it wasn't traditional. It still sounded amazing.
@@DrakiniteOfficial holy shit a response 2 years in the making! But basically whatI meant is that he wasn’t playing it in the traditional style which is fine, and it sounded great. My pet peeve is with people thinking that that’s how cuatro songs are usually played which isn’t true. I just wish what they played was closer to my culture.
Watching another video I was just thinking how cool would be for Rob to review the Cuatro Puertorriqueño. Lo and behold I find this video on the top of his feed. Thank you so much for doing this 🇵🇷
You got fans in Puerto Rico 🇵🇷. Proud!!!
First of October!!!!!
can't wait tomorow, it'll be the first of october !!
Dude I love the MIM! I gotta try to catch you one of these days!
I've always wondered how this instrument is called and I love how it sounds! And again, I am amazed how quickly you happen to play awesome things on a completely new instrument :)
its good to see people acknowledging the existence of Puerto Rico and not treating it like the tropical island equivalent of Finland
Yeah it's great that people are finally figuring out that we're more than just the street gang from West side story.
👍😎🍺
Lucky you. Here in Canada we're still treated like the 51st state that no one cares about
What’s a finland?
@@Holmaaron basically narnia but its a lot snowier and it actually exists
@@Holmaaron Come, come now. You know what he meant.
Rob is on a mission to master every single stringed instrument there is
It's hard not to fall in love with Rob when he's finding his way round a new instrument. The curator was going 😍
Love that sound! 🙌🏻
Rob at 7:17 talking about recurring licks in things like "the blues"
Me: the Licc 😐
Rob ven a Argentina a tocar la "Sacha Guitarra" es un instrumento autóctono, tiene un sonido muy particular.
Having been in that same museum its really cool to see this filmed there.
Thanx Rob for these video, as a full flesh puertorican mysel i felt proud!
"there was an ancient instrument that had four strings"
*Davie504 wants to know your location*
First of october hype!!!!
My grandma actually bought on of these about 15 years ago and have it to my uncle and we found it in his stuff when he moved and there was a pack of new strings so we restringing and now I plan on learning it so this video was actually pretty crazy that it came out right after
Wow, that sounds amazing!
Great video, as usual. But hey, your first video with Brandon Acker came up in my recommendations (I re-watched it) and I realized that he hasn't uploaded in a month or so. Love your videos with him. Any idea what's going on? Hoping he's well during this crazy time.
Dude he sounds so WASP-y but the moment he says a single word of spanish he sounds like he just stepped off the airplane.
Amazing.
I now I’m late, but thanks for playing my country’s (Puerto Rico) national instrument!!! (Happy new year!) 👏🙏🇵🇷
Nice one Rob! That's the instrument I play! Good to see where they keep it on the museum. I've always wanted to go there... maybe after the pandemic scare dwindles a bit...
The Adam Neely anti-clickbait is really strong with this one
I love he’s like “I’m getting somewhere” ....... like 😳.... WHAT DO YOU MEAN?! YOU JUST MUSICED ON US
Mim do some great videos on their own channel, its really great to see a museum really lean into the digital learning space especially for those of us who are unlikely to be able to visit.
With 100%, there is a series here. Traveling to different museums learning about instruments. I could watch this for hours.