Mbira (/ əmˈbɪərə / əm-BEER-ə) are a family of musical instruments, traditional to the Shona people of Zimbabwe.

2020年8月4日 · Mbira is a musical instrument traditional to the VaShona people of Zimbabwe. Mbira music is sacred and healing. The instrument features in a variety of VaShona ceremonies, and it...

Mbira is both the name of the instrument and the music, one key is also called Mbira. The word Mbira stands for both singular and plural we don't say moires. The original Mbira consists of 22...

The type of mbira shown here, of the Shona people of Zimbabwe, consists of 22 to 28 metal keys mounted on a gwariva (hardwood soundboard) made from wood of the mubvamaropa tree (Pterocarpus angolensis).

Mbira is sacred healing music played for over 1,000 years in Zimbabwe. Learn all about it here.

Mbira (the name of both the instrument and the music) is mystical music which has been played for over a thousand years by certain tribes of the Shona people, a group which forms the vast majority of the population of Zimbabwe, and extends into Mozambique.

2019年12月13日 · Unapologetically powerful mbira music from the very heart of Zimbabwe today.Purchase the full album at bandcamp: https://mhuteyembira.bandcamp.com/releases A...

2024年12月27日 · mbira, plucked idiophone (instrument whose sounding parts are resonant solids belonging to the body of the instrument itself)—or more specifically, a lamellaphone—that is unique to Africa and widely distributed throughout the continent.

The mbira is a lamellaphone, that is, an instrument with plucked metal “tongues” or keys mounted on a soundboard. Sometimes known in the West as a thumb piano, instruments like this can be found all over Africa, the Caribbean, and the Americas.

Mbira music is an aural tradition with no written notation. Students of the mbira learn from older musicians who pass specific pieces as well as styles and improvisation techniques down. Unlike many aural music traditions, the teacher-student relationship is loose.