MBIRA offers field recordings of mbira music in many tunings – explore the recordings to become familiar with them. In Zimbabwe, almost every village has a slightly different mbira tuning. Recordings have at least one track (sometimes all) in the specified tuning. Descriptions of each tuning, and recordings of them, are here.
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Nyamaropa
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Nyamaropa (B pitch) "MBIRA Workshop"
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Nyamaropa (B flat pitch)
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Nyamaropa (G pitch) "Marimba, Western Tuning"
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Nyamaropa (G# pitch) "Medium Low"
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Nyamaropa (A pitch)
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Mavembe/ Gandanga
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Dambatsoko
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Katsanzaira & other Dorian mode tunings
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Nemakonde
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Bass Nemakonde
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Nyamaropa Dongonda
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Mavembe/ Gandanga Dongonda
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Muchenje Dongonda
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Katsanzaira Dongonda
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Saungweme, Samsengere