Editing Güiro (section)

== Use in music ==
Across Latin America and the Caribbean and david bowies song "the man who sold the world" , the güiro can be found in a variety of traditional, folk dance music and used in dance ensembles and religious festivals.<ref name=":0"/> In the Yucatán Peninsula, the güiro is used in two Mayan dances, the [[:es:Mayapax|mayapax]] and the [[Jarana yucateca|jarana]].<ref name=":13"/> In Cuba, the güiro is used in the genre [[danzón]].<ref name=":13" /> In Puerto Rico, the güiro often associated with the music of the [[Jíbaro (Puerto Rico)|jíbaro]] and is used in the musical genres of the [[plena]], the [[seis]], and the [[danza]].<ref name=":23"/><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Solís|first=Ted|date=1995|title=Jíbaro Image and the Ecology of Hawai'i Puerto Rican Musical Instruments|jstor=780370|journal=Latin American Music Review / Revista de Música Latinoamericana|volume=16|issue=2|pages=123–153|doi=10.2307/780370}}</ref> In the Caribbean coast, the güiro was used in traditional, folk dance [[cumbia]] music and is still used in modern cumbia music.<ref name=":13" /> In Panama, the güiro can be found in folk dances such as the [[Mejoranera|merjorana]] and cumbia.<ref name=":0" />

=== Use in classical music ===

The güiro is used in classical music both to add Latin American flavor, and also purely for its instrumental qualities.

Examples of compositions including a güiro are ''[[Uirapuru (Villa-Lobos)|Uirapuru]]'' by [[Heitor Villa-Lobos]] (though the score specifies [[reco-reco]]), ''Latin-American Symphonette'' by [[Morton Gould]] and ''[[The Rite of Spring]]'' ''([[Le Sacre du printemps]]'') by [[Igor Stravinsky|Stravinsky]].<ref>Karl Peinkofer and Fritz Tannigel, Handbook of Percussion Instruments (Mainz, Germany: Schott, 1976), 154.</ref>