Scraped idiophones

percussion instrument

The güiro () 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.

thumb|300px|right|Reco-reco made of metal. thumb|Traditional reco-reco and pandeiro The reco-reco (also called the raspador, caracaxá or querequexé) is a scraper of African origin used as a percussion instrument in Brazilian music, but also in many Latin American countries, where it is known as güiro, güira, guayo and guacharaca.

musical percussion instrument

thumb|right|200px|Guacharaca Guacharaca is a percussion instrument found in Colombia. It is a rasp named after a bird (ortalis guttata) whose call it is said to imitate.

idiophone percussion instrument made from the jawbone of a donkey, horse or mule cattle, producing a powerful buzzing sound

The güira () is a percussion instrument from the Dominican Republic used in merengue, bachata, and to a lesser extent, other genres such as cumbia. It is made of a metal sheet (commonly steel) and played with a stiff brush, thus being similar to the Haitian graj (a perforated metal cylinder scraped with a stick) and the Cuban guayo (metal scraper) and güiro (gourd scraper). Güira, guayo and güiro all have a function akin to that of the indigenous native maracas or the trap-kit's hi-hat, namely providing a complementary beat.

early musical instrument