Guayo
Metal scraper used as a percussion instrument
title: "Guayo" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["cuban-musical-instruments", "scraped-idiophones", "central-american-and-caribbean-percussion-instruments", "changüí"] description: "Metal scraper used as a percussion instrument" topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guayo" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Metal scraper used as a percussion instrument ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox Instrument"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Guayo |
| names | Ralladera |
| image | File:Güayo (5093952811).jpg |
| background | percussion |
| classification | Metal idiophone |
| hornbostel_sachs | 112.23 |
| hornbostel_sachs_desc | Scraped idiophone, vessel |
| range | Speed of scrape produces some variation |
| related | Güiro, güira, guacharaca, reco-reco, quijada, washboard |
| :: |
|name=Guayo |names=Ralladera |image=File:Güayo (5093952811).jpg |image_capt= |background=percussion |classification=Metal idiophone |hornbostel_sachs=112.23 |hornbostel_sachs_desc=Scraped idiophone, vessel |range=Speed of scrape produces some variation |related= Güiro, güira, guacharaca, reco-reco, quijada, washboard
In changüí
The guayo survives in Cuba almost exclusively as part of changüí performances in the eastern regions of the country (formerly known as the Oriente Province). It is one of the five instruments played in the genre together with the maracas, botija or marímbula, bongo, and tres. Guayos consist of a cylindrical metal sheet with a cheese grater surface which is scraped with a metal rod or bone.
Notable guayo players include Santiago Reyes "Chago Guayo", Carlos Borromeo Planche "Cambrón" and José Andrés Rodríguez Ramírez, all of which were also singers and members of Grupo Changüí de Guantánamo.
References
References
- (2008). "Merengue Tipico in Transnational Dominican Communities". New York University.
- (2008). "Origins of Cuban Music and Dance: Changüí". Scarecrow Press.
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