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How To Play 'Sarandonga' on Tres Cubano | GCE Tuning (capo’d on the second fret) | Cuban Tres

4,478 views · Published 6 February 2016 · 6:42 · Indexed 4 October 2026

Channel: TresCubano · 2016 · Music

Some of my favorite recordings of all time are the ones Los Compadres made between 1949 and 1952 when Compay Segundo was part of the group. Of course Compay plays an instrument he himself invented called the 'Armónico' which is tuned like a guitar but up an octave and has a doubled G string. It's played very much like the Tres being the lead melodic musical voice in the group. I have adapted what Compay plays on 'Sarandonga' to suit the Tres.

For the tutorial I am tuned to C and capo'd on the second fret. You'll notice of you play along with the recording that the tuning is a bit sharp. It's very common in older recordings for the groups to simply tune off each other, so here they are a bit south of standard tuning. When I was transcribing it I had my tuner set to 431hz.

In the video I am playing my latest Baby Taylor Tres, for more on that click here:
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The string gauges I'm using are:
G10/24 C16/16 E11/11

I transcribe all of the songs for my tutorials myself so I don't have the tablature for any of them.

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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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How To Play 'Sarandonga' on Tres Cubano | GCE Tuning (capo’d on the second fret) | Cuban Tres

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