September 29, 2016

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Mark Holdaway

Free Tablature! Alto and Pentatonic Kalimba Kushaura and Kutsinhira

Following the lead of traditional mbira music works great on modern day kalimbas too! Click to download the tablature for the song you’re hearing, “Pfumvu Paruzevha” How do you play two kalimbas together?  There is no particular tradition for doing that, but there is a deep, wide, and wild tradition of playing two mbira dzavadzimu together – one plays the kushaura part (the leading part) and the other plays the kutsinhira part (the following part).  Often the same high notes are played in the two parts, but the kutsinhira part’s high notes will echo the kushaura part’s high notes.  If a particular high note is repeated in the first part,

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