guiro
Meaning of guiro
noun
- A musical instrument, a shaker, made of a hollow gourd with parallel notches cut in one side, and played by rubbing a stick or scraper ("pua") along the notches to produce a ratchet-like sound.
- A genre of traditional Cuban music, used in santería rituals.
- A musical instrument consisting of a gourd surrounded by a net of beads.
The sekere may be twisted, shaken or slapped to produce a subtle variety of effects.
Information about guiro
- It is a name.
- The plural form of guiro is: guiros.
- Languages in which guiro is used:
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Hyphenation of guiro
guiro
- It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
- guiro is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
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