Güiro

Rarity: Uncommon

A topic a little better known than average, read and translated beyond its own country.

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At a glance

Class

Invention

Domain

Arts and letters

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What Wikipedia says

The güiro (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈɡwiɾo]) 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.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article “Güiro”, under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Read the article on Wikipedia

Image: Enfo, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.