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I think this is matemba tribe.

Glad you enjoy! Mr Nyamusangudza plays very nice karimba music!

Hello, I’m glad you enjoy this music. It’s a very beautiful musical practice that is from the Nyungwe people of Northwestern Mozambique, Tete province. Check out “Nyanga” music on TH-cam to see the real deal - culture bearers of this tradition performing in groups upwards of 20 people plus!

Hey that’s great! Thank you! We love playing on Bainbridge island and sad we had to miss this year. Hopefully again soon!

Glad you enjoyed. Will have to check out the great musical content on your channel as well! Thank you for catching this, I updated the description and title to clarify this is in Zimbabwe. I appreciate it.

Hey thats nice to hear Othnell. I feel the same, one of my favorite musical moments recorded

Hi, structurally yes this is different from many types of marimba as the keys are much larger, and they are without resonators. Also the beaters are pure wood and played at the ends of the keys as opposed to playing the centers. This allows for a loud and more of a trebley sound as opposed to a big booming bass sound you would get if it had resonators

@@zackmoon9 cool interesting info thanks

Hey Melisa! So glad you enjoyed ! Hope you are well!

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Thanks!

yes its true most of these videos are shot by amateur film makers like myself with varying levels of quality. this traditional music definitely deserves a professional quality as you are suggesting

Ok yes that's great thank you for your reply and sorry it took too long for me to respond am just seeing your comment now. It would be great to catch up with you about your work with nyonganyonga what is best way to reach you?

Yes! for sure!

thank you! sorry it took me long to reply!

Yes its so great! beautiful culture and people and music

Yes Mr. Masarakufa plays so well!

Thank you Simboti, Ive enjoyed your vids as well!

Hey thank you. This is a beautiful type of mbira would love to learn more about. Cheers!

+Darlington Tonderai Tanganyika, I'm glad you enjoy the videos! Unfortunately I am not on Facebook, but if you would like more info about our projects you can visit yelloweaver.com If you would like to get in touch over email, private message and I can send details. Best, Zack

Thanks Richard, we feel the same about this family of musicians!

+lobajii1 Glad you enjoy!

+theband minanzi I am so glad you enjoy! I'll have to check out your band as well! Thanks

+Kuda Nyaru Please do Kuda, this man has a brother who plays Karimba as well

@@zackmoon9 I grew up playing a 29key one. It is called njari

+Kofi Khemet Thanks Kofi, much appreciated! I'm located currently in Zimbabwe this past year, but home is Seattle, WA USA

Hi Strav, Thanks for your comment and interest. This type of mbira is called Hera, an instrument that in different areas is called Matepe or Madhebhe. If you are interested in learning more please visit our research blog: yelloweaver.com Thanks!

you play great !

+nhapitapi10 Thanks much Claire, glad you enjoy!!

+Ranga Mubaiwa Ok! Very glad to know you are out there enjoying. Mutinhimira wevaMarembe!

+Compositae I'm so glad you enjoy it, we had a great time in Nyamapanda visiting, playing music, and making this video. Do you play mbira yourself?

Hi Zack. I play myself, but on a very basic level. I (Marcel van Dijk) wrote articles about the Kankobele thumb piano of the Lala people in Zambia and am specially interested in the relation between the tuning plan of thumb pianos and the music. In general recordings like yours offer a good opportunity to look into this. Thanks again!

+Compositae That's great to hear Marcel. I enjoy Kankobele music as well and would be interested to read your article. If I understand correctly, most of Kankobele music is solo playing of personal compositions, which can give a nice depth of expression in playing, very different feel than Matepe or Hera in which the repertoire for the most part is passed down and developed over the generations. Please check out my wife's research blog: yelloweaver.com for a more in depth look at this amazing music. Thanks for enjoying!

Hi Zack, thanks for sharing your ideas. Indeed, the Lala kankobele repertoire has a strong personal touch, but there is (was?) also a body of passed down songs. I looked into Jocelyn's blog, and what an intriguing insight she gives. I left mij emailaddress in Yelloweaver, so maybe in this way I could send you a PDF of my article. grtz Marcel

Check out our research blog here: yelloweaver.com

+Compositae I'm very glad you enjoy the recording. As you can tell, James Kamwaza is a very gifted mbira player, we feel very lucky to spend time with him.

+Tsutomu Kimura Yes her singing is so beautiful. I am glad you enjoy. We will get a translation out at some point. Better yet maybe the TH-camrs out there who know Korekore language can help!

I guess that Mr. Matemai Newton Cheza Chozengwa speaks korekore dialect. But he does not speak English very well. So its a big problem to find good translator. Mr Chaka?

Hi again, just letting you know we have a transcription and translation of this singing now. It is under the song info above. Hope you enjoy!

It's super amazing!!! It is so great study to catch shona people culture. 歌詞とその翻訳を追加して頂き、有難うございます。ショナの人々の文化を理解することは、偉大な研究 です。

The essence of what she says of one on a desperate abused married woman whose husband is pushing her out of a her home: she however vows to stay put...it's a sad song

+Brian Nyandoro You are certainly welcome Brian. Unoridza mbira here.

Yes, ndoridza mbira, I've been learning Nyunga and Mbira Dzavadzimu for over a year now. I'm craving for Matepe nowadays.

+Brian Nyandoro Nice iribho. Uchidzidza matepe. Unogara kwaHarare here. Chaka Chawasarira vanodzidzisa matepe kwaChitungwiza. Ungamufonera :0778584527

Yes ndogara kuHarare. Thank you for the contact, I'll definitely go and pay vaChawasarira a visit. 👍🏾

You are certainly welcome, thanks for enjoying !

Is James on kushaura? and is Mishek on kutsinhira? I guess front player is on kutsinhira. How much cost to buy James's hera?

Please report their hera building process with photos or with videos.

lobajii1 Yes good idea, we will try and document his building process. Check out the blog, yelloweaver.com you can find more about what we are up to and sometime soon I am sure there will be a post about instrument building. Thanks!

The essence of what she is saying is that she will never leave her husband or homestead: it's in the context of a bad marriage I think...

+Brian Nyandoro Yes, Crispin Zonke is an extremely talented shaker player and drummer. Thanks for the comment!