Shona music

Shona music

Shona music is the music of the Shona people of Zimbabwe. There are several different types of traditional Shona music including mbira, singing, hosho and drumming. Very often, this music will be accompanied by dancing, and participation by the audience. In Shona music, there is little distinction between the performer and the audience, both are often actively involved in the music-making, and both are important in the religious ceremonies where Shona Music is often heard.

Mbira

: "Main article: Mbira"

The mbira is a traditional instrument of the Shona People often used in religious ceremonies. There are several different varieties of mbira including the Mbira Dzavadzimu and Mbira Nyunga Nyunga.

Shona music is well known as representative of mbira ("thumb piano") music. The performer of the "kushaura" (lead mbira part) often acts also as the lead vocalist, selecting a known melody or mbira pattern to accompany selected lyrics, usually a phrase or a few lines of text which are then commented upon improvisationally. The performer of the "kutsinira" (second mbira part) plays a pattern which interlocks with the "kushaura" in a way that creates the repeated notes which identify mbira music. The "kutsinira" part is often the same part as the "kushaura", but played a half a beat later. The mbira players are accompanied by another less active singer who plays the hosho (a rattle) and responds to the improvised lyrics of the singer and, most importantly, embellishes and complements the lead vocal melody. (Garfias 1971)

Drumming

Drums are always associated with dance and can be used for various dances.

Mhande Drums

# Shauro- used for the lead rhythm
# Tsinhiro- used for the response rhythm

Dinhe Drums

# Mhito- used for the lead rhythm
# Mitumba miviri- used for the response rhythm

Chokoto Drums

(these are two headed)
# Chimudumbana- small, for lead rhythm
# Chigubha- big, for response rhythm

Hosho

: "Main article: Hosho"

Shona music is often accompanied by the hosho, a hollowed-out maranka gourd containing "hota" seeds or other objects that is shaken to generate a sound.

Modern

Traditional Shona music has been adapted to modern instruments such as electric guitars and western drumsets, for example by musicians such as Thomas Mapfumo, Stella Chiweshe, and Oliver Mtukudzi. This music is also associated with the Chimurenga movement.

Shona music in the West

Shona music has become popular in the West and even in the East such as Japan. In the United States, Shona music has become popular in Colorado, California, and the Pacific Northwest, largely due to the seeding influence of musicians such as Dumisani Maraire, Ephat Mujuru, and Erica Azim.

Shona music on Marimba

Shona marimbas are diatonic and are made with F#'s and without. They are different from other marimbas through their larger keys and resonators beneath the keys (to produce a buzzing sound). Often traditional mbira songs are translated to the marimba.

Musicians

Zimbabwean

*Dumisani Maraire Came to University of Washington in 1968, seeded Zimbabwean music in the Northwest.
*Ephat Mujuru
*Garikayi Tirikoti
*Forward Kwenda
*Stella Chiweshe
*Chris Mhlanga
*Chartwell Dutiro
*Beauler Dyoko
*Cosmas Magaya
*Hakurotwi Mude
*Chiwoniso Maraire
*Garadziva Chigamba
*Tute Chigamba
*chamuchii"also"
*Thomas Mapfumo associated with Chimurenga music.
*Oliver Mtukudzi

Western

*Erica Azim
*Chris Berry
*Ikeme
*Sheree Seretse
*Chris Zorn
*Stephen Golovnin
*Masanga Marimba Ensemble

ee also

*Chimurenga
*Hosho
*Marimba (Zimbabwean)
*Mbira
*Music of Africa
*Music of Zimbabwe
*Shona language
*Shona people
*Bantu language
*Zimbabwe

Recordings

*Nonesuch Explorer Series 79703-2, Zimbabwe: "The African Mbira: Music of the Shona People" (2002). Liner notes by Robert Garfias (1971).
*Nonesuch Explorer Series 79704 Zimbabwe: "The Soul of Mbira: Traditions of the Shona People" (1973). Produced by Paul Berliner
* Musical instruments 2: (LP) Reeds (Mbira). (1972) The Music of Africa series. 1 LP disc. 33 1/3 rpm. mono. 12 in. Recorded by Hugh Tracey. Kaleidophone, KMA 2.
* Mbira Music of Rhodesia, Performed by Abram Dumisani Maraire. (1972). Seattle: University of Washington Press, Ethnic Music Series. Garfias, R. (Ed.). 1 LP disc. 33 1/3 rpm. mono. 12 in. UWP-1001. This disc features Maraire exclusively on Nyunga Nyunga mbira. A 12-page booklet by Maraire is included, describing the background, composition, and performance of nyunga-nyunga mbira music.

Further reading

*cite book|title=The Soul of Mbira: Music and Traditions of the Shona People of Zimbabwe|author=Berliner, Paul|publisher=University of California Press|year=1981|id=ISBN 0-520-04268-9
*Tracey, Andrew. (1970). How to play the mbira (dza vadzimu). Roodepoort, Transvaal, South Africa: International Library of African Music.
*Tracey, Hugh. (1961). The evolution of African music and its function in the present day. Johannesburg: Institute for the Study of Man in Africa.
*Tracey, Hugh. (1969). The Mbira class of African Instruments in Rhodesia (1932). African Music Society Journal, 4:3, 78-95.

External links

* [http://www.zimvibes.com/ Zimbabwe Music Vibes Promoting] Urban Culture
* [http://www.zimfest.org/ ZimFest] Annual Zimbabwean Music Festival in North America
* [http://www.zambuko.com/mbira.html Zambuko] Solomon Murungu's Shona Music Site
* [http://www.mbira.org Mbira.org] Erica Azim's site, based in Berkeley, CA
* [http://www.dandemutande.org/ Dandemutande] Shona Music site and mailing list


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