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=Wood Guiro =

The Wood Guiro consist of an open-ended hollow gourd with parallel notches cut in one side.
====It was developed from common household or agriculutral materials that were mainly used as scrapers and ratlles. ==== ====Small sections of wood was a long-standing feature of European folk music by the time slave trade began,it was a part of black musical life. ====

 The Wood Guiro was used in the nineteenth century.
====It was considered a true art to be able to play the instrument in exact moments the music requires. ====

Sources
====  **Musical Instruments.** Jonathan Gill. **//Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History//**. Ed. Colin Palmer. Vol. 4. 2nd ed. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2006. p1544-1547. 6 vols. Sajurjo, Elena. "The Guiro." __Salsa Mucial Insturments__. . http://www.justsalsa.com/salsa/music/instruments/guiro/. . .    ====


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