• Hand holding a wooden frog guiro percussion instrument on rustic wood background
  • Hand-carved wooden frog percussion instrument with striker on rustic wood surface
  • Hand-carved wooden animal box on rustic wood, surrounded by crystals and dried flowers.
  • Wooden frog guiro percussion instrument with striker on rustic wooden surface, crystal nearby
  • Hand-carved wooden frog percussion instrument with stick on rustic table, nature background
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Wood Guiro Rasp - Frog

$18.99
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Description

A guiro is a scraped instrument: you run a stick along a ridged surface and get a rasp rather than a note. The original is Caribbean, credited to the Tainó and cut from a gourd. Carve the same ridges down the back of a frog and the rasp turns into something very close to a croak, which is the version made in wood as a long-running Thai craft.

It does two things. Run the striker down the ridges for the croak, or tap the body for a dry wooden knock. Both are useful for keeping time in a circle, marking the start and end of a working, or giving a child something to do during one.

Good to Know

Carved wood, striker included. Handmade, so size, grain and the exact pitch vary from one to the next.

Pair It With

For shaking rather than scraping, the Labora Shaker. For a melody line over the top, the Coconut Karimbu. For a deeper voice underneath, the Vegvisir Ceremonial Drum. More in sound.

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Pickup available at Wild Raven's Nest - Terrell

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