Yes, because of the chains, which are classed as strings.
guiro
No
i think it's a chordophone
Shekere
it is a percussion instrument
Shekere
guiro
No
i think it's a chordophone
Shekere
The shekere is made of dried vine gourd, cord netting, seed beads and wood suchas devil woods
I read that the women of the Uraba tribe of Nigeria created the shekere. Women were not allowed to touch the skin of the drums so in order to join the festivities, they created this instrument. The patterns of the beads on the shekere told a story.
it is a percussion instrument
No
No it is not but there are instruments which belong to the chordophone family but at the same time the percussion family as well. An example of this is the Piano.
The String and chordophone.
Chordophone