Url
	https://omeka-s.grinnell.edu/s/MusicalInstruments/item/2688
Resource class
	wmi:MusicalInstrument
Title
	guiro
Subject
	112.23
Publisher
	unknown (gallery #1)
Latin Percussion (all the rest)
Contributor
	Roger Vetter
Type
	cosmopolitan (Latin-American)
Format
	13 in. length (gallery #1)
15.5 in. length (gallery #2)
13.5 in. length (gallery #3)
12.7 in. length (gallery #4)
9 in. length (gallery #5)
Identifier
	7000
	391
	2853 or 874
	3233
	3231
Source
	Caribbean
Language
	EN
Coverage
	Cuba
	Puerto Rico
	Panama
Alternative Title
	güiro
	güira
	guayo
	guáchara
	rascador
Extent
	gourd (gallery #1)
wood (gallery #2)
LP243 super fiber (gallery #3)
LP305 merengue (gallery #4)
LP452 silver multi (gallery #5)
Medium
	gourd
	wood
	fiberglass
	metal
Requires
	1
Is Part Of
	Grinnell College Music Instrument Collection
Spatial Coverage
	Americas
Provenance
	Grinnell College Music Department
Basic form of sonorous object/s for idiophone
	hollow spheroid vessel - with opening/s
Sound objects per instrument for idiophone
	one
Resonator design for idiophone
	sonorous object itself is a general resonating space
Number of players for idiophone
	one
Sounding principle for idiophone
	scraping
Sound exciting agent for idiophone
	beater/s - stick/s with unpadded tip/s
Energy input motion by performer for idiophone
	brushing
Pitch of sound produced for idiophones
	indefinite pitch
Sound modification for idiophones
	none
Category of Instrument
	idiophone

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