Add to ORKGThis item gives one an idea of the authentic music of the larger kinds of Mbira. One peculiarity of this type of mbira is the irregular sequence of the lower notes in the left hand from note number 4 onwards the order of decending scale being: 7-5-4-6-9-8-10-11-12. Topical song with 3 Matebe dza Mondoro mbira bell and 1 Murumbi bowl drum
The mbira, in its several forms, occurs right through the country of the Shona speaking peoples, thr...
The tuning of this Mbira was:- 560, 520, 468, 416, 384, 348, 308, 280. Sel delectative song with Mbi...
Indigenous folk instrumental with a sanzo apido mbira (treble) and a sanzo ababo mbira (bass)
This type of Mbira has a single manual clearly divided into left and right sections, the left having...
This item is based upon well known and traditional melody of the region which has changed little, if...
"Whenever there is a dance men are always jealous of their wives." This Ilimba, a 20 note box mbira ...
Simple song in typical Luvale style of a kind which must have been sung for centuries throughhout Af...
"In your heart (litt. in your chest.") This tune they said, is played at any time and on any occassi...
A topical song accompanied by matebe dza mondoro mbira, murumbi bowl drums and a bell
The Mbira dza vadzimu is the oldest known form of mbira to be played by the Shona people of Southern...
Note the interesting change of the rhythm and the reversion to the original one used at the beginnin...
Simple song in typical Luvale style of a kind which must have been sung for centuries throughhout Af...
In the traditional music of the Shona in Zimbabwe we often encounter a musical instrument called mbi...
The Mbira dzavadzimu is a lamellophone used by the Shona people originating in Zimbabwe. I conducted...
The player has taken a Nyasa instrument instead of the local Njari. He explained he found the smalle...
The mbira, in its several forms, occurs right through the country of the Shona speaking peoples, thr...
The tuning of this Mbira was:- 560, 520, 468, 416, 384, 348, 308, 280. Sel delectative song with Mbi...
Indigenous folk instrumental with a sanzo apido mbira (treble) and a sanzo ababo mbira (bass)
This type of Mbira has a single manual clearly divided into left and right sections, the left having...
This item is based upon well known and traditional melody of the region which has changed little, if...
"Whenever there is a dance men are always jealous of their wives." This Ilimba, a 20 note box mbira ...
Simple song in typical Luvale style of a kind which must have been sung for centuries throughhout Af...
"In your heart (litt. in your chest.") This tune they said, is played at any time and on any occassi...
A topical song accompanied by matebe dza mondoro mbira, murumbi bowl drums and a bell
The Mbira dza vadzimu is the oldest known form of mbira to be played by the Shona people of Southern...
Note the interesting change of the rhythm and the reversion to the original one used at the beginnin...
Simple song in typical Luvale style of a kind which must have been sung for centuries throughhout Af...
In the traditional music of the Shona in Zimbabwe we often encounter a musical instrument called mbi...
The Mbira dzavadzimu is a lamellophone used by the Shona people originating in Zimbabwe. I conducted...
The player has taken a Nyasa instrument instead of the local Njari. He explained he found the smalle...
The mbira, in its several forms, occurs right through the country of the Shona speaking peoples, thr...
The tuning of this Mbira was:- 560, 520, 468, 416, 384, 348, 308, 280. Sel delectative song with Mbi...
Indigenous folk instrumental with a sanzo apido mbira (treble) and a sanzo ababo mbira (bass)