He died in the early hours of Sunday January 10 Venezuelan cuatro Hernán Gamboa. The incident occurred in Argentina, where he lived for some time.
Gamboa was born in San Tomé (Anzoategui state) on 18 June 1946. It belonged to Serenata Guayanesa, since the group's founding in 1971 until 1983, when it was replaced by Miguel Angel Bosch. Then in 1992, he settled in Miami, where he continued to develop his musical career and spreading Venezuelan music.
As a composer, he has a catalog of more than 200 original works and arrangements.
As for his instrumental technique, after the contributions of Jacinto Perez and Fredy Reyna on four soloist, Hernán Gamboa developed the technique of rasgapunteo, which consists of the melody and harmony go together, not as it sounds in the case classical guitar, an instrument to have more strings can draw a dotted melody, supported by some chords.
Rasgapunteo technique Gamboa was inherited by Cheo Hurtado His ahijado- who later helped in the screening of new and notable soloists four, thanks to his initiative Sowing Four.
Large and varied are the contributions from Gamboa to music, and among them, perhaps, having promoted and disseminated the instrument that always accompanied him.
