Mbira
Mbira (pronounced m-BEE-ra , /əmˈbɪərə/) are a family of musical instruments, traditional to the Shona people of Zimbabwe. They consist of a wooden board (often fitted with a resonator) with attached staggered metal tines, played by holding the instrument in the hands and plucking the tines with the thumbs (at minimum), the right forefinger (most mbira), and sometimes the left forefinger. Musicologists classify it as a lamellaphone, part of the plucked idiophone family of musical instruments. In Eastern and Southern Africa, there are many kinds of mbira, often accompanied by the hosho, a percussion instrument. It is often an important instrument played at religious ceremonies, weddings, and other social gatherings. The "Art of crafting and playing Mbira/Sansi, the finger-plucking tradition
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Mbira
Mbira (pronounced m-BEE-ra , /əmˈbɪərə/) are a family of musical instruments, traditional to the Shona people of Zimbabwe. They consist of a wooden board (often fitted with a resonator) with attached staggered metal tines, played by holding the instrument in the hands and plucking the tines with the thumbs (at minimum), the right forefinger (most mbira), and sometimes the left forefinger. Musicologists classify it as a lamellaphone, part of the plucked idiophone family of musical instruments. In Eastern and Southern Africa, there are many kinds of mbira, often accompanied by the hosho, a percussion instrument. It is often an important instrument played at religious ceremonies, weddings, and other social gatherings. The "Art of crafting and playing Mbira/Sansi, the finger-plucking tradition
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Kalimba adalah sebuah alat mus ...... to"piano jempol" a la Afrika.
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Kalimbo (svahile Kalimba) esta ...... Zimbabvo kaj Kinobe el Ugando.
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La sansa (també anomenada mbir ...... és un idiòfon pinçat de taula.
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Mbira (pronounced m-BEE-ra , / ...... of Nigeria in the early 1900s.
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Zanza (znana też jako mbira, c ...... ież w innych częściach świata.
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fast
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moderate
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Plucked idiophone
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Mbira dzavadzimu
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Mbira
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finger harp, gourd piano, ikem ...... za, thumb piano, timbrh, zanzu
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low to medium
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Varies, see Tuning
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clear, percussive, chimelike
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Kalimba adalah sebuah alat mus ...... to"piano jempol" a la Afrika.
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Kalimbo (svahile Kalimba) esta ...... Zimbabvo kaj Kinobe el Ugando.
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La m'bira, in lingue locali an ...... ce un altro tipo di strumento.
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La sansa (també anomenada mbir ...... és un idiòfon pinçat de taula.
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Mbira (pronounced m-BEE-ra , / ...... the finger-plucking tradition
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Mbira är ett musikinstrument s ...... till genom att lägga till den.
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Zanza (znana też jako mbira, c ...... ież w innych częściach świata.
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Калимба — африканский ударный ...... а означает «маленькая музыка».
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Kalimba
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Kalimba
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Kalimbo
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M'bira
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Mbira
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Mbira
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Mbira
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Sansa (instrument)
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Zanza
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