(pronounced ‘gwir o) a gourd instrument in Caribbean culture which is scraped with a comb along small ridges on the outside to create an accompanying rhythm.
A serrated Calabash gourd, with ridges carved in the skin, scraped with a stick and used as an instrument. Very popular in Afro-Cuban music as well as the music of other Latin American countries. Up to Page Top back to PLANET SALSA(tm) INTERNET MAGAZINE NI ERSITY of . SALSA(tm)
( wee roh) is the Spanish word for "gourd", a plant in the squash family. The gourd is dried and cleaned and can be used for many things, including musical instruments. The most common are the Cuban and Puerto Rican scratcher. In Cuba, guiro can also mean shekere, as well as a rhythm played on three shekeres used in religious ceremonies.
A musical instrument with a serrated surface which gives a rasping sound when scraped with a stick, originally made from an elongated gourd and used in Latin American music.