Episode One: How to play Zimbabwean mbiras by Edgar Bera

This the first DVD series that teaches how to play six types of Zimbabwean mbiras and its cultural relationship with southern Africa.
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[@TubularBlakfacts-ex4tl]

Thanks for recording Kariga Mombe. I was having a hard time remembering the song and its name. You helped keep me on the right track.

[@eugeniosolari]

beautiful, not only the ability to play is needed, but a particular memory to get the complex melodies, which sometimes seem to be random, but they are not!

[@geofreypenduka7034]

Wow, had i seen this video a yer ago i would have been a Maestro by now

[@p_jo_c]

Thank you for your videos! They are an excellent source in helping me to realize my dream of playing the traditional mbira. Regards from the Netherlands

[@juuk3103]

Melodies 100s of years old

[@jcb3259]

Thank you for sharing this awesome instrument and the beautiful culture behind it

[@brizziebabie]

great stuff, i hope you pass these skills on to the youngs ones to keep this instrument alive

[@samzana3687]

This kind of mbira makes me wanna throw mine away. Both the player and instrument are great!!!

[@dexdefijo]

Just checking, do u still have them or u threw away?😂

[@sepidar-yc9on]

He's like black panther actor

[@brightongapare522]

hahahah you made my day ayaz

[@myrmecofourmis]

Wonderful instruments !

[@zindabangwenyama3514]

Good staff Edgar. Who woulda thought.

[@songeziwemyeha7447]

thanks for the videos...hope to play together again someday...i am still strugling with taireva but i think with this video i will manage.
also i have added one variation on the right index finger for nhemamusasa

[@brin57]

Oh no! Where's the buzz? It sounds so sterile. Nice video.

[@HopeMudiwa]

Where can I get a mbira like that one pliz?

[@m2ndi3]

what is the name of the song thats playing when the video 1st starts?

[@maj1395]

I was wondering if you could tell me how to spell the names of each one?

[@zimbackpacker]

Found my teacher here

[@keboletse]

I need one. How can I buy it

[@prospertapfumajekenya3018]

Haaa guys maybe am wrong but the guys are just too fast for us beginners

[@thabangramalepe3001]

Wer can i get Mbira Dzavadzimu?

[@felistasanesukanjanda7982]

Did you manage to get it I also need one

[@thabangramalepe3001]

@@felistasanesukanjanda7982 nop, I got contacts wer I can get 1

[@collenchoto7385]

I need one also did u manage to get anything

[@thabangramalepe3001]

@@collenchoto7385 Nop