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Chinyanyanga Cuban style!

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There are so many cultural and musical links between the music of the Shona people in Zimbabwe and the Bantu influenced rhythms of Cuba that it seemed natural to bring them together in a track. The clapping is so evocative of both traditions and the Arara and Guiro beats fit comfortably into the driving 6/8 of the complex mbira parts evoking trance and ancestral connections.
The tune Chinyanyanga is from the playing and compositions of William Chirauro of Chiriseri near Harare. I have played this to William and he does approve :)

You can hear and buy his music here on bandcamp and also learn the mbira yourself from his tutorial!
Check both out here:

mhuteyembira.bandcamp.com/album/mhute-ye-mbira-mbira-mist

mhuteyembira.bandcamp.com/album/mbira-maestro-learning-mbira-dzavadzimu-with-william-chitauro-a-four-module-course

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from music/mbira, released April 2, 2021
Mike Parnell

Instruments:
Mbira in DIndinyonwe tuning (C# minor) made by Sebastian Pott
Congas - Natal 1970's
Bodhran
Hosho and maraca
Assorted bells and claps

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Mike Parnell has played all sorts of instruments in numerous bands over the years from folk-punk (Blunt Instruments) to arabic blues (The Nomads). He also collaborated with mbira player Chartwell Dutiro on a concertina - mbira merger (Mbira Korositina), which was most favourably recieved. ... more

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