Chipembere Mbira Piece Intensive
$20.00
Available as CD or download
Description
Chipembere (‘Rhinoceros’) is a piece from the 1,000-year old Shona mbira repertoire played in ceremonies. This album includes the version played on gandanga/mavembe tuning only. [Total time: 79:44]
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Tracks
- Ephat Mujuru 1986 [1:57]
- Courage Njenge 2002 [3:00]
- Tute Chigamba 2002 [7:39]
- Forward Kwenda 2000 [21:49]
- Patience Chaitezvi & Erica Azim 1994 [6:36]
- Thomas Wadharwa & Tute Chigamba 1991 [7:01]
- Murawo Tembedza & Langton Bapiro 2003 [12:35]
- Silas Madziva & Panganai Sanyika 2003 [7:43]
- Mhuri yekwaChigamba 1994 [10:47]






