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. This is an instrumental recording only. Self delecatative song with Njari (Mbira)
He says the instrument he plays belonged to his father who lived South of the Zambezi near Sena, but...
The mbira, in its several forms, occurs right through the country of the Shona speaking peoples, thr...
An unusaual example of a young Karanga boy playing a Kalimba Mbira instead of the Njari played by hi...
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...
He says the instrument he plays belonged to his father who lived South of the Zambezi near Sena, but...
The Njari was made of Mukwarambiwa wood. Party song with Njari (Mbira) and a drum and leg rattles
The player was a man about 55 years. His father taught him to play the instrument as a child. Tuning...
When asked which was his favourite tune Tawagaza replied that this one, i.e. Muzazaranda was the one...
When asked which was his favourite tune Tawagaza replied that this one, i.e. Muzazaranda was the one...
The song is typical of those which are in great demand at any party. In the old days Njari players w...
This is the Njari version of the famous "Ilanga la Shona" which became so popular when first sung in...
He says the instrument he plays belonged to his father who lived South of the Zambezi near Sena, but...
The mbira, in its several forms, occurs right through the country of the Shona speaking peoples, thr...
An unusaual example of a young Karanga boy playing a Kalimba Mbira instead of the Njari played by hi...
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...
He says the instrument he plays belonged to his father who lived South of the Zambezi near Sena, but...
The Njari was made of Mukwarambiwa wood. Party song with Njari (Mbira) and a drum and leg rattles
The player was a man about 55 years. His father taught him to play the instrument as a child. Tuning...
When asked which was his favourite tune Tawagaza replied that this one, i.e. Muzazaranda was the one...
When asked which was his favourite tune Tawagaza replied that this one, i.e. Muzazaranda was the one...
The song is typical of those which are in great demand at any party. In the old days Njari players w...
This is the Njari version of the famous "Ilanga la Shona" which became so popular when first sung in...
He says the instrument he plays belonged to his father who lived South of the Zambezi near Sena, but...
The mbira, in its several forms, occurs right through the country of the Shona speaking peoples, thr...
An unusaual example of a young Karanga boy playing a Kalimba Mbira instead of the Njari played by hi...