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How To Play 'La Calabaza' on Tres Cubano | Los Compadres | GCE Tuning | Cuban Tres

1,311 views · Published 24 December 2016 · 7:43 · Indexed 26 October 2026

Channel: TresCubano · 2016 · Music

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Merry Christmas everyone!
Here's one that was suggested by my subscriber Hugo Rojas from Trujillo, Peru.  The song is 'La Calabaza' by Los Compadres with Compay Segundo.

Of course Compay plays the Armonico, an instrument he himself invented, so there is no Tres for me to transcribe directly from so I've done my best to adapt what he plays to the Tres.

Here are the chords played behind Compay's solo:
A, B, Gb, B, Ebdim, Cmajb5, B

Like many recording of this nature the tuning is a bit off from standard, I'm sure the group simply tunes off each other in the studio.  If you set your tuner to 445hz it should be bang on.  For the tutorial I am tuned to standard C (GCE) at 440hz.

In the video I'm playing my Sitka Spruce Baby Taylor Tres.  If you'd like to see how the conversion is done click here:
http://youtu.be/mv4Xx-k1Hmg

The string gauges I'm using are:
G10/24 C16/16 E11/11

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The song at the end of the video is the classic tune ‘El Reloj De Pastora’ played by the incredible ‘Septeto Trio Los Dos’ who have graciously given me permission to use.

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