Glossary of Colombian Music - G

G

• gaita - A folk flute; a Costeño form, performed by flute-and-drum ensembles; conjunto de gaita is a traditional cumbia ensemble
• guabina - A kind of música andina
• guacharaca - A scraper, common in vallenato
• guache - Rattles made from filling metal or gourd tubes with seeds
• guateque - Originally a Cuban word referring to a rural campesino party, which came to refer to a form of salsa dura, characterized by "slow, grinding son montunos with heavy bass and percussion; associated also with El guateque de la salsa (The Salsa Party), a popular radio show from 1989 to 1993