Forward Kwenda: Chipembere - Mbira Video Lessons

Learn how to play mbira with Forward Kwenda : Chipembere video lessons

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• Two video tutorials to help you learn the traditional mbira song, Chipembere

• He plays in nemakonde tuning (a low gandanga/mavembe mbira tuning closest to the Western scale, F phrygian)

• Forward’s Chipembere note choices match best with mbira chord progression 1

• Excuse the dark and head-torches in the first video! We’d just returned from a day out collecting this nemakonde tuned mbira and Forward couldn’t stop playing! Find out more in the 🗺 Tavel Diaries entry on Forward’s Mbavarira page

Chipembere - mbira video lesson 1 with Forward Kwenda

Chipembere - mbira video lesson 2 with Forward Kwenda

⭐️⭐️⭐️ 0.07 - 3.24 (19 cycles - complete performance)

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