güiro
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The güiro () is a percussion instrument consisting of an open-ended, hollow gourd with parallel notches cut in one side. It is played by rubbing a stick or tines (see photo) along the notches to produce a zipper-like ratchet sound.
Key facts
- Instrument.name
- Güiro
- Instrument.names
- Güira, rascador, güícharo (Puerto Rican, made from plastic), candungo, carracho, rayo
- Instrument.image
- Phoenix-Musical Instrument Museum-Puerto Rican Güiro.jpg
- Instrument.image_capt
- Puerto Rican güiro on display in the Musical Instrument Museum of Phoenix
- Instrument.background
- percussion
- Instrument.classification
- Idiophone, can be made from wood, gourd, metal, plastic or fiberglass
- Instrument.hornbostel_sachs
- 112.23
- Instrument.hornbostel_sachs_desc
- Scraped idiophone, vessel
- Instrument.range
- Speed of scrape produces some variation
- Instrument.related
- Güira, guayo, guacharaca, reco-reco, quijada, washboard, vest frottoir
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- 180 Museu de la Música, el Bosc.jpg
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- Hornbostel-Sachs classification
- 112.23
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The güiro () is a percussion instrument consisting of an open-ended, hollow gourd with parallel notches cut in one side. It is played by rubbing a stick or tines (see photo) along the notches to produce a zipper-like ratchet sound.
The güiro is commonly used in Cuban, Puerto Rican, and other forms of Latin American music, and plays a key role in the typical rhythm section of important genres like son, trova and salsa. Playing the güiro usually requires both long and short sounds, made by scraping up and down in long or short strokes.