Mbira, Kalimba, Lamellaphone. Whatʻs it all about?
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- Опубліковано 22 кві 2022
- Letʻs learn about a unique group of musical instruments known by many names, and why I donʻt call them "thumb pianos".
Iʻm still a student of this tradition, and though I have been playing mbira for over 20 years, I recognize my privilege as an American of African descent in the agency I have to produce videos like this. Always seek the voices and experiences of those from the culture itself when you can!
Photo credits:
Chugrad McAndrews
Jeremy Allen
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Video of me playing mbira by Hoku Uchiyama
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Am Shona from Zimbabwe, we the shona invented the mbira , it’s within our blood 🩸 to play it .
God bless you. I just have the kalimba and now I feel connected with african culture. I now understand it comes from Zimbabwe. Love to all african people from Bulgaria :)
Very educational. Thank you
Thank you,Very resourceful❤
❤ i love mbira a very spiritual instrument .
Nice exposition on this family of instruments. One theory on it’s presence in various forms across Africa stems from the Bantu migration where people migrated from the present day Cameroon & Nigeria to Kenya/Tanzania in the east and Zimbabwe/South Africa in the south via the Congo. On the specific Mbira tunings, the main ones from ancient times are Nyamaropa , Nhemamusasa, Mavembe(Nemakonde), Matepe. Over time the tunings evolved and other new tunings are emerging e.g the Kutsanzaira tuning. It’s nigh impossible to name them all as it is itself an art and each artist expresses themselves in their own style. Generally though, certain songs play better on a certain tuning, e.g Nhemamusasa, Karigamombe, Bangidza & Mukatiende are typical Nhemamusasa tunings while Marenje plays better on Mavembe. Oh one can write a whole dissertation on the subject, not a single person can describe it all. Thanks for the lecture.
Thank you from Salem, Oregon.
So informative and this video is so re watchable!! Give thanks!!
This is an amazing video! You truly deserve more views and subscribers
Great and informative video, thank you!
So exciting! Thank you so much for this video! Honestly I’d consider this group to be the most ethereally beautiful musical instruments 😍
Thank you so much for the great explanation!
Incredible, thank you so much.
Lovely presentation and much needed perspective! Thank you!
thank you for the wealth of information.
The information in this offering is well-delivered and on point! Many thanx!
This is amazing queen! Where can I purchase an authentic mbira? The vibrations of this instrument truly give me added peace!
This video is much more in-depth than any source I've seen before, I love using the kalimba in my own music and I'm very grateful to hear more about it's origins and learn new things about how different a kalimba is from other similar instruments. The thing about the bottle caps was new to me, but very interesting.
Thank you for the wonderful explanation, I find it fascinating to learn about these unique instruments and what they mean to the people and cultures they originate from.
Brilliant video! Fantastically educational and inspirational too - it encouraged me to reach for both my Mbira Dzavadzimu & my Tracey Kalimba. I especially loved hearing the one piece played on the three different instruments and noticing just how much the progression changed from one instrument to the next.