PUERTO RICAN “Cuatro” (musical national instrument) music with a gastronomic experience.

While you lunch and enjoy Villa Sophia Ocean view in an open-air environment, a

spectacular Puerto Rican “Cuatro” musical instrument demonstration will be shown and

played by one of its best musicians in the whole country and worldwide.

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. The word cuatro means "four", which was the

total number of strings of the earliest Puerto Rican instrument known by the cuatro name.

The current cuatro has ten strings in five courses, tuned, in fourths, from low to high B3 B2♦E4 E3♦A3 A3…

Edwin Colón Zayas (cuatro experience performer) often called a genius and virtuous

cuatrista (Cuatro player), is a highly accomplished musician of Puerto Rico, known for his

use and promotion of the Puerto Rican cuatro an instrument.

Instrument history combined with different rhythms will be introduced in a LIVE CONCERT.

After finishing your gastronomic experience, you can talk to the musician, get his recordings

and autographs.

Gastronomic experience will consist of typical food: rice with pigeon peas, roasted pork and

pasteles. For dessert a “tembleque” made from delicious coconut.

Language: Spanish and/or English 

Metting Point: Plaza Manuel Corchado (downtown Isabela) near the fountain.

Duration: 4 hours

Category: Cultural