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Mbavarira Mbira Piece Intensive

Name: Mbavarira Mbira Piece Intensive
SKU: music-3916
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SKU: music-3916 Categories: Mbira Piece Intensive Listening, All the Music, Audio Recordings, Mbira Piece Intensive Listening

Description

Mbavarira is a piece from the over 1,000-year old Shona mbira repertoire played in ceremonies. Mbavarira means ‘determination’, and the piece is played in many tunings. Most of this collection is in mavembe, also known as gandanga, tuning. However, track 10 is in nyamaropa tuning, and track 4 in nemakonde tuning. [Total time: 79:45]

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Tracks

Josephat Mandaza 2014 [11:30]
Ephat Mujuru 1986 [2:03]
“Samaita” Vitalis Botsa 2010 [6:26]
Forward Kwenda 2001 [5:48]
Patience Chaitezvi & Endiby Makope 2009 [10:20]
Tute & Pama Chigamba 1986 [5:17]
Fradreck Mujuru & Erica Azim 2014 [5:58]
Forward Kwenda & Erica Azim 2000 [6:35]
Silas Madziva & Panganai Sanyika 2003 [8:12]
Irene Chigamba & Erica Azim 2006 [8:26]
Tute Chigamba & Thomas “Sekuru Gora” Wadarwa 1991 [5:06]
Ephat Mujuru Ensemble 1980 [3:16]

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Title	Mbavarira Mbira Piece Intensive
SKU	music-3916
Dimensions	N/A
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Product Format	CD, Download

Mbavarira Mbira Piece Intensive

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