Add to ORKGThe player was playing with the thumb of the left hand, the thumb and first finger of the right hand. The Njari is the traditional instrument of the district having originated from the Buhera district further north over two centuries ago, when it began to displace an older variety called the Mbira-dza-Midgimu. Self delecatative song with Njari (Mbira)
An unusaual example of a young Karanga boy playing a Kalimba Mbira instead of the Njari played by hi...
When asked which was his favourite tune Tawagaza replied that this one, i.e. Muzazaranda was the one...
He says the instrument he plays belonged to his father who lived South of the Zambezi near Sena, but...
The player was playing with the thumb of the left hand, the thumb and first finger of the right hand...
The player was playing with the thumb of the left hand, the thumb and first finger of the right hand...
It is usual for semi-professional entertainers of this kind to keep up running patter of amusing rem...
The player has taken a Nyasa instrument instead of the local Njari. He explained he found the smalle...
The player has taken a Nyasa instrument instead of the local Njari. He explained he found the smalle...
The player was a man about 55 years. His father taught him to play the instrument as a child. Tuning...
This is the Njari version of the famous "Ilanga la Shona" which became so popular when first sung in...
The song is typical of those which are in great demand at any party. In the old days Njari players w...
The player was a man about 55 years. His father taught him to play the instrument as a child. Tuning...
Muzazaranda is the traditional title for this kind of tune. There is no evidence as to whether the t...
This famous piece of music, here played brilliantly by Chabarwa Musunda Moyo was first recorded by m...
The Njari was made of Mukwarambiwa wood. Party song with Njari (Mbira) and a drum and leg rattles
An unusaual example of a young Karanga boy playing a Kalimba Mbira instead of the Njari played by hi...
When asked which was his favourite tune Tawagaza replied that this one, i.e. Muzazaranda was the one...
He says the instrument he plays belonged to his father who lived South of the Zambezi near Sena, but...
The player was playing with the thumb of the left hand, the thumb and first finger of the right hand...
The player was playing with the thumb of the left hand, the thumb and first finger of the right hand...
It is usual for semi-professional entertainers of this kind to keep up running patter of amusing rem...
The player has taken a Nyasa instrument instead of the local Njari. He explained he found the smalle...
The player has taken a Nyasa instrument instead of the local Njari. He explained he found the smalle...
The player was a man about 55 years. His father taught him to play the instrument as a child. Tuning...
This is the Njari version of the famous "Ilanga la Shona" which became so popular when first sung in...
The song is typical of those which are in great demand at any party. In the old days Njari players w...
The player was a man about 55 years. His father taught him to play the instrument as a child. Tuning...
Muzazaranda is the traditional title for this kind of tune. There is no evidence as to whether the t...
This famous piece of music, here played brilliantly by Chabarwa Musunda Moyo was first recorded by m...
The Njari was made of Mukwarambiwa wood. Party song with Njari (Mbira) and a drum and leg rattles
An unusaual example of a young Karanga boy playing a Kalimba Mbira instead of the Njari played by hi...
When asked which was his favourite tune Tawagaza replied that this one, i.e. Muzazaranda was the one...
He says the instrument he plays belonged to his father who lived South of the Zambezi near Sena, but...