The article I chose to critique was on the cuatro, a guitar-like instrument played throughout South America.

Although the article had very technical information about the instrument’s structure/tuning configuration, there was little to be observed in any other area about its history. The sources listed seem unaffiliated with any specific company. While there is no talk about the article or its information, it doesn’t seem like it needs any – the sources listed are objective databases and whole websites dedicated to a technical description of how the instrument works.

My biggest critique is that it only touches on any sort of background the instrument has in history, mentioning it most likely has roots in another instrument native to Portugal. I would love to see an expansion on how it took off in the recently colonized areas of the New World, how widespread its use is today, or even famous players of it/occurrences in culture outside of South America. Overall, nothing to complain about save for the fact that there is very little of which to have an opinion.