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Mbira Sunrise

admin — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 08:23:54 +0000

This track is played by true masters at a memorial event in zimbabwe, The players were originally part of the unpublised works of Esdo Chidziva, we are currently trying to reorganise the band and digitise the music for your listening and viewing pleasure.

(Drums) Ngoma Dance

admin — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 16:50:55 +0000

Traditional Dancing by Kids at the memorial of Esdo Munetsi Chidziva, This was a tribute to his work as a talented mbira musician and choriographer. Through his life, played with many other big names in the industry including mbira dzenharira, maungiro enharira, thomas mapfumo and many others. He had a unie style which can be seen here on Kumatare.com

Kumatendera-Mbira DzeNharira

admin — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 21:54:02 +0000

Full mbira dzenharira DVD
The mbira orchestra has been steadily gaining popularity and acceptance by the mbira community in Zimbabwe. While there are those that say it is not a traditional approach, there are certainly plenty of others that feel it is traditional. The main test of course is whether the spirits approve, and judging by Mbira DzeNharira’s busy schedule and steady engagements at religious ceremonies, there certainly are many spirits that do approve of the orchestra. The orchestra is created by playing many mbira that are in tune together, but whose pitches start and end at different points of the scale (or mode) from each other.

Nharira – Mbira DzeNharira

admin — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 21:49:29 +0000

Tozvireva Tingaputike Neshungu-Mbira DzeNharira

admin — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 23:29:34 +0000

Chipembere

admin — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 23:19:05 +0000

Rhinoceros or Chipembere means what you would logically deduce, It is a strong song of strenght and power, hearing the sweet gentle melody is relaxing but dont be fooled, It is far from easy to play,

Tadzungaira

admin — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 23:14:31 +0000

Tadzungaira is a very old mbira song, its a song of calling out when lost, Often played at bira ceromonies to summon the older wiser spirits at early hours of the morning.

Translation
First Voice ** Chanting **
female Voice ** Oh look Dear God. Dear God and Great spirits, look at us, We are wondering (wondering around as in lost), **chants** oh Lord and King,Dear God and Great spirits, We are wondering, **chants** oh Lord and King,Dear God and Great spirits, We are wondering,
First Voice ** Chanting **
female Voice *Ohh Lod and Spirits, Grandma ‘Nehanda’ look at us, We are lost and wondering.

Dangurangu

admin — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 22:58:28 +0000

Devlishly tricky to play, it is also one of the most difficult pieces, infact not many people can play it, I can play and upload it onto youtube with the keystrokes but i do not have a mic, you can contact me if u want to know more or hear more advanced rare tracks, by Forward Kwenda
image courtesy of http://www.mahea.com

Shumba

admin — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 22:42:59 +0000

Shumba yangwasha has many variations, THe translation directly means lion. It is often played with four other main parts to it, though it at traditional ceremonies, up to 12 people can each be playing a seperate unique part to the same song.

Nhemamusasa

admin — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 21:56:14 +0000

Tendai and Chiroto Perform nhemamusasa Traditional/Contemporary Zimbabwean music of mbira transcriptions and original compositions by Tendai Muparutsa