Uploaded May 2022 | Updated September 2026, 17 hours ago
Güiro or guiro - percussion instrument from Latin America: Kids love producing sounds with this instrument.
The güiro is a Latin-American 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 along the notches to produce a ratchet-like sound. The güiro is commonly used in Latin-American music and plays a key role in the typical rhythm section of important genres like cumbia and salsa. Playing the güiro usually requires both long and short sounds, made by scraping up and down in long or short strokes.
Whenever I travel to a new country, I search for a musical instrument to add to my vast collection. Unfortunately, I have never been to Latin America. I have bought this guiro in a music shop in Singapore.
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Güiro or guiro - percussion instrument from Latin America: Kids love producing sounds with this instrument.
The güiro is a Latin-American 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 along the notches to produce a ratchet-like sound. The güiro is commonly used in Latin-American music and plays a key role in the typical rhythm section of important genres like cumbia and salsa. Playing the güiro usually requires both long and short sounds, made by scraping up and down in long or short strokes.
Whenever I travel to a new country, I search for a musical instrument to add to my vast collection. Unfortunately, I have never been to Latin America. I have bought this guiro in a music shop in Singapore.
🎵Watch our playlists🎵:
🥁🎹Musical instruments and sounds from around the world for kids
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpRwFn1EmqEujVDxagnU9WX8Mos8x4PQt
🇮🇳India: 🪘Musical instruments from India
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpRwFn1EmqEsK77Js50zMe1IPjURtuAqL
🌏Asia: 🪘Musical instruments from China, Japan, India, Vietnam and other Asian countries
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youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpRwFn1EmqEsdZ8tJlddlWVB-WMj4Zwgg
🥁🪘Hier spielt die Musik! Kinderlieder und Klanggeschichten mit Percussion / Orff-Instrumenten zum Mitsingen und Mitspielen
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpRwFn1EmqEu1S6eZwKGV_WD8ALBPGh5j
Kids music with high energy and lots of fun.
Real people, real music, real instruments – real fun!
Explore different musical instruments and sounds from all around the world with short instrument presentations by me and my students trying out different instruments. For babies, toddlers, kindergarten and preschool kids, and children of any age. A resource for nursery, kindergarten, primary/ elementary school, and music teachers with ideas for the classroom and for early childhood music education.
