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The güiro (Spanish pronunciation:) is a percussion instrument consisting of an open-ended, hollow gourd with parallel notches cut in one side. It is played by rubbing a stick or tines (see photo) along the notches to produce a ratchet sound.
Guero (1970), a piano study by German composer Helmut Lachenmann; Guero (2005), an album by Beck; Guerolito (2005), a remix album by Beck, featuring all of the songs from Guero except for the hidden track, "Send a Message to Her" Matando Gueros (1993), an album by the Mexican metal-band Brujeria
Guero is the ninth studio album by American musician Beck, released on March 29, 2005, by Interscope Records. It was produced with John King and Mike Simpson of the Dust Brothers , who had worked with Beck on his 1996 album Odelay , [ 1 ] as well as Tony Hoffer .
Matando Güeros (Killing Whites) is the debut album by the band Brujeria. [2] [3] "Güero" is a Mexican-Spanish slang term for a blonde or light skinned/haired person.The album talks mostly about controversial topics in Mexico like drug trafficking, satanic rituals, sexuality, migration, illegal border crossing, and Anti-Americanism (like the title song, that talks about a revenge killing ...
"Girl" is a song by Beck from his 2005 album Guero. Released as the second single from the album in July 2005, the song peaked at number 8 on the Alternative Songs chart. [1] Beginning with 13 seconds of a simple chiptune melody, the song then proceeds to acoustic guitars and drums.
A possible root is the Catalan word gavatx meaning foreigner [citation needed]. Another possible root derives from the Occitan word gavach, meaning "someone who speaks with a faulty speech" or "someone who doesn't speak properly". [2] This is the official position of the Diccionario de la lengua española.
According to the Real Academia Dictionary, the word can be traced back to 19th century Carlist Wars in the form "guiristino", the pronunciation of Basque-speaking Carlist forces of the name of their enemies, the Cristinos (after regent Queen María Cristina). [3] It entered the Diccionario de la lengua española de la Real Academia Española in ...
Gero (Basque for 'later', Guero in the orthography of the day) is a 17th-century ascetic book in Basque written by Pedro Agerre, better known as Axular.It is considered one of the masterpieces of classic Basque prose and literature altogether.