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Musekiwa Chingodza (born 1970) – mbira and marimba player; Chirikure Chirikure (born 1962) – musician and songwriter; Stella Chiweshe (1946-2023) – mbira player and singer-songwriter; Dizzy Dee (1999–1999) – Australia-based reggae artist; Leonard Dembo (1959–1996) – guitarist and singer-songwriter; member of the band Barura ...
Particularly notable classical performers on the marimba include: This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
The marimba was introduced in Zimbabwean Music during the early 1960s when the Kwanongoma College of African Music in Bulawayo adopted it. [21] Founders of the college considered that marimba could boost the musical development of the country, and design a model that it's now known as Kwanongoma marimba. [22]
Musekiwa Chingodza was born in Mwangara village, Murewa, Zimbabwe, in 1970. He began playing mbira at the age of five and is self-taught. He began playing mbira at the age of five and is self-taught. Through listening to other gwenyambira, or great mbira players, he developed a strong attachment to and love for mbira music.
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Mbira (/ ə m ˈ b ɪər ə / əm-BEER-ə) are a family of musical instruments, traditional to the Shona people of Zimbabwe.They consist of a wooden board (often fitted with a resonator) with attached staggered metal tines, played by holding the instrument in the hands and plucking the tines with the thumbs (at minimum), the right forefinger (most mbira), and sometimes the left forefinger.
Baja Marimba Band, American band of the 1960s and early 1970s; Classical Marimba League, international organization dedicated to the advancement of the marimba; Cuban Marimba Band, Tanzanian big band active from 1948 into the 1960s; Reg Kehoe and his Marimba Queens, American musical group active from the late 1930s to the mid-1950s; Other
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