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- Mbira (/əmˈbɪərə/ əm-BEER-ə) are a family of musical instruments, traditional to the Shona people of Zimbabwe. They consist of a wooden board (often ****ed...
- The Array mbira /əmˈbɪərə/ is a handcrafted modern musical instrument with a unique harp- or bell-like sound. It is made in the United States by its inventor...
- Zimbabwean music is heavily reliant on the use of instruments such as the mbira, Ngoma drums and hosho. Their music symbolizes much more than a simple rhythm...
- tongue (such as a Jew's harp) or a series of multiple tongues (such as a mbira thumb piano). Linguaphone comes from the Latin root lingua meaning "tongue"...
- The following is a list of players of the mbira, an African plucked lamellophone musical instrument. Tendayi Gahamadze Thomas Mapfumo Chartwell Dutiro...
- varieties of mbira including the mbira dzavadzimu and mbira nyunga nyunga. Shona music is well known as representative of mbira ("thumb piano") music. The performer...
- Owethu Mbira (born 6 March 1987) is a South African professional boxer who competed from 2008 to 2011. As an amateur, he won a bronze medal at lightweight...
- as major instruments in many traditional Shona music genres, such as in mbira ensembles and in mhande. They typically contain hota (Canna indica) seeds...
- njari mbira, and matepe. The mbira is pla**** at religious and secular gatherings, and different mbiras have different purposes. The 22–24-key mbira dzavadzimu...
- people. It is one of the five main types of mbira pla**** in Zimbabwe. The matepe is an umbrella term for many mbira-style instruments such as hera, matepe...