Additional Resources
These complementary resources for The Art of Mbira and Mbira’s Restless Dance illustrate the pronunciation of Shona terms and composition titles, depict John Kunaka’s mbira tuning favored on our website recordings, and sample Hakurotwi Mude’s and Cosmas Magaya’s demonstrations of vocals accompanying mbira music.
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to the right of the player.Pronunciation of Basic Shona Terms and Composition Titles
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Kunaka’s Mbira Tuning (graphics: The Art of Mbira, exs.3.1a-b; Mbira’s Restless Dance, exs.1a-b)
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Excerpts of Mude’s Mahon’era Vocal Patterns
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- Karigamombe riff 1 (sample 1)
- Karigamombe riff 1 (sample 2)
- Karigamombe riff 2
- Karigamombe riff 3 (sample 1)
- Karigamombe riff 3 (sample 2)
- Karigamombe riff 4
- Karigamombe riff 5
- Karigamombe riff 6
- Mandarindari riff 1
- Mandarindari riff 2
- Mandarindari riff 3
- Mandarindari riff 4
- Mandarindari riff 4, var
- Nhemamusasa yekutanga riff 1
- Nhemamusasa yekutanga riff 2
- Nhemamusasa yekutanga riff 3
- Nhemamusasa yekutanga riff 4
- Nhemamusasa yekutanga riff 5
- Nhemamusasa yekutanga riff 6
- Nhemamusasa yekutanga riff 7
- Nhemamusasa yepasi riff 1
- Nhemamusasa yepasi riff 2
- Nhemamusasa yepasi riff 3
- Nhemamusasa yepasi riff 3, var
- Nhemamusasa yepasi riff 4
Mude’s Complete Vocal Demonstrations
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Cosmas’s Mahon’era Vocal Excerpts
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Cosmas’s Multitrack Renditions with Vocals
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