Despite being virtually unmusical, I love music, and I find instruments so fascinating. I've always loved the güiro: saying the word, listening to its distinctive sound, and I realised today that I play word association with it too. I love how it's incorporated in Western music, away from its Latin American roots, adding a fun element to dance music and an unexpected groove that feels textured to the ear:
Metronomy have used a güiro in this song (you'll hear it at 1:06), and while dancing on our kitchen tiles, I was imagining wearing huaraches and eating watermelon in some sort of magical forest festival. Or pretty much anything else of that colourful selection above. Does anyone else feel like word association can be the most hilarious and compelling way to learn other people's personal language? I've decided to start curating them here in terms of what I think when I hear or see things, and I'd love to hear about your inspirations too.
ps there is also a güira, from the Dominican Republic, which has a rougher sound, plus a music company (LP) have tried to bring out a hybrid of the two "güiros" called the multi-güiro with one on each side - how I love fun instruments too! ..and getting my fact glutton on. How I love facts, also. Bye now xx
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