Category: Mbira travels

Nyamamusango raindrop

Raindrop mbira with Steve Berman. Steve works over the kutsinhira before the playing begins. What a treat it was to play those years in Ashland.

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Mbira with Kevin

Nhemamusasa with Kevin on a Cosmas pitched nyamaropa. Kevin picked up the mbira so fast and played a steady kushaura to play kutsinhira against.

Chipembere played on the mavembe mbira with Kevin. I’ll add more about the songs as I dig back through my notes.

Family talent show 2009 in Ashland. Claire, Kevin, and I played Nhai baba for the family show…

Nhai Baba, a song I learned in Zimbabwe from the Shonhai brothers and played here with my brother, Kevin while I was staying in Ashland for 4 years in part to help with the parents and in part to be near my daughter first granddaughter as my daughter finished college.

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Taireva

Another from years ago of a practice session while playing mbira with Stephen Berman this time on dambatsoko tuning. This is a Cosmas Magaya teaching of Taireva though he taught us on Cosmas pitched nyamaropa. Forgive us Fradreck for playing on your village tuning. I hope to learn a Taireva from you next time you come to the states. Still it speaks to me.

8 shaft Mbira travels Weaving travels

8 shaft weaving

Weaving for mbira bags on my 8 shaft table loom.

I should have kept the loom. Would love to have it now for double weave!

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Raindrop Mbira

15 years ago, I played this mbira song with Steve Berman in Ashland, Oregon. Just found the WAV file from my zoom recorder. Lucky me to record with Steve. Mbira is a raindrop or katzanzaire made by Charles Ruhukwa.

Nymamusango: April, kushaura, Steve Berman kutsinhira, 2007

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Masangano mbira song

Rosalie and I play Masangano on the high Dambatsoko for you.

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Camp Nhapitapi–Seattle with Claire Jones

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Post date March 29, 2014
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First Camp Nhapitapi with Claire Jones. Traveled north with Rosalie. Learned Mahororo Yepasi with variations. The song came from Mandrake Muchema. Loved learned the basic song on Friday evening so could spend the weekend building on it.