The Guiro de Calabazo is an idiophone scraped with a stick on its front, which is hand-carved. The back of the instrument is held by a hole from which the calabash’s interior is extracted. This instrument has mostly been used as an accompaniment in Latin rhythms. Today, it is primarily found in northern Costa Rica, but it is less common due to the difficulty of obtaining calabashes, and it has been replaced by a commercial metal version. The recorded example was crafted by performer Daniel Mora.
Features
- 50 audio files
- 446 Kontakt sample files
- 8 Kontakt mic options
- 253MB
System Requirements
- OSX 10.10 or later, Intel Core 2 Duo
- Windows 7, 8 or 10. Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD Athlon 64
- Full Retail Version Kontakt 7 (or later) Required
- Pulse installer is required for installation
Important note: The full version of Kontakt (version 7 or higher) is required to use this instrument. The free Kontakt player will NOT work and will run in demo mode.
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