The player has taken a Nyasa instrument instead of the local Njari. He explained he found the smaller instrument easier to play inspite of the fact that it had only half the number of notes. He claimed he had tuned it the same as the Njari but in point of fact his scale was one note short appearing to be hexatonic whereas his tribe is known to be heptatonic. The missing note is clearly situated between 212 and 260 vs and might have been approximately 234 to 238 vibrations per second. Humorous song with Mbira
The player was a man about 55 years. His father taught him to play the instrument as a child. Tuning...
These Ngombi Likembe (Mbira) are played with the instrument slung from the players shoulders. They a...
"Nyankabila lost himself in a far off land. His father longs for his return." This shape of the inst...
The player has taken a Nyasa instrument instead of the local Njari. He explained he found the smalle...
Likembe songs such as this are the delight of the evening audiences in the huts at night. The subtle...
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...
An unusaual example of a young Karanga boy playing a Kalimba Mbira instead of the Njari played by hi...
The seventh string was not used. Self-delectative song with Bangwe board zither with 7 strings. Song...
He says the instrument he plays belonged to his father who lived South of the Zambezi near Sena, but...
He says the instrument he plays belonged to his father who lived South of the Zambezi near Sena, but...
The player used his bamboo tongued mbira more as a percussion instrument than a musical one, and was...
The player was playing with the thumb of the left hand, the thumb and first finger of the right hand...
Tunes played at weddings. The instrument was new and the notes not well hammered so the tone of the ...
The player was a man about 55 years. His father taught him to play the instrument as a child. Tuning...
These Ngombi Likembe (Mbira) are played with the instrument slung from the players shoulders. They a...
"Nyankabila lost himself in a far off land. His father longs for his return." This shape of the inst...
The player has taken a Nyasa instrument instead of the local Njari. He explained he found the smalle...
Likembe songs such as this are the delight of the evening audiences in the huts at night. The subtle...
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...
An unusaual example of a young Karanga boy playing a Kalimba Mbira instead of the Njari played by hi...
The seventh string was not used. Self-delectative song with Bangwe board zither with 7 strings. Song...
He says the instrument he plays belonged to his father who lived South of the Zambezi near Sena, but...
He says the instrument he plays belonged to his father who lived South of the Zambezi near Sena, but...
The player used his bamboo tongued mbira more as a percussion instrument than a musical one, and was...
The player was playing with the thumb of the left hand, the thumb and first finger of the right hand...
Tunes played at weddings. The instrument was new and the notes not well hammered so the tone of the ...
The player was a man about 55 years. His father taught him to play the instrument as a child. Tuning...
These Ngombi Likembe (Mbira) are played with the instrument slung from the players shoulders. They a...
"Nyankabila lost himself in a far off land. His father longs for his return." This shape of the inst...
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