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Mutamba Vol 1: Nyamaropa tuning (including Dambatsoko tuning) Mbira Piece Intensive

Name: Mutamba Vol 1: Nyamaropa tuning (including Dambatsoko tuning) Mbira Piece Intensive
SKU: music-3926
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SKU: music-3926 Categories: Mbira Piece Intensive Listening, All the Music, Audio Recordings, Mbira Piece Intensive Listening

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Mutamba (‘Wild Orange Tree’ – Strychnos spinosa) is a piece from the over 1,000-year old Shona mbira repertoire played in ceremonies. It is believed that, in ancient times, when a starving person prayed to the ancestors at this tree, food and water would miraculously appear. [Total time: 79:52]

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Tracks

Chris Mhlanga 1995 [1:52]
Ephat Mujuru 1996 [3:23]
Tute Chigamba 1991 [3:32]
Goliath Rambakudzibwa 2003 [7:46]
Ephat Mujuru 1996 [6:05]
Fradreck Mujuru 1998 [15:50]
Golden Nhamo 2002 [7:46]
Fradreck & Sam Mujuru 1994 [9:48]
Fungai Mujuru & Cletos Manjengwa 1996 [5:54]
Sam, Munyaradzi, Stanley & Norman Mujuru 2001 [9:37]
Dambatsoko Mbira Group 2003 [9:41]

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Title	Mutamba Vol 1: Nyamaropa tuning (including Dambatsoko tuning) Mbira Piece Intensive
SKU	music-3926
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Product Format	CD, Download

Mutamba Vol 1: Nyamaropa tuning (including Dambatsoko tuning) Mbira Piece Intensive

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