thanks alot for this. Im also in a marimba band and ive learned the first two positions, and am now learning these other positions..very nice arrangement!
This is an ear opener. One thing missing is the melody and rhythm of the chords. I have found in playing songs based on n...sasa that all of these chords are not absolutely necessary, various harmonies are possible. Is this in fact the case?
Thanks for your comments. Not a lot of space here to answer all your questions, so feel free to email me directly at joel (at) rattletree (dot) com. Re: the melodies-they would be dependent on which specific song you are playing. IE Nhemamusasa, Mahororo, etc, would all be different melodies. Check out the Lesson One video for an example of one melody you can use for practice. These chords are indeed the actual progression used on the mbira and one should avoid reduction...
Thanks. I have always wanted to play mbira style guitar but did not really know where to start. This is great. More posts please. I play in a shona-style marbima band and this progession will work with a number of our songs.
Nice one, learned a lot and plenty to keep me going. Look forward to further posts.
APsychedelicOctopus 1 year ago
thanks alot for this. Im also in a marimba band and ive learned the first two positions, and am now learning these other positions..very nice arrangement!
brendanamo 1 year ago
Hi,
This is an ear opener. One thing missing is the melody and rhythm of the chords. I have found in playing songs based on n...sasa that all of these chords are not absolutely necessary, various harmonies are possible. Is this in fact the case?
I play in a Zim group in Toronto called Masaisai.
Luck
Larry
ljlewis49 2 years ago 2
Hi Larry,
Thanks for your comments. Not a lot of space here to answer all your questions, so feel free to email me directly at joel (at) rattletree (dot) com. Re: the melodies-they would be dependent on which specific song you are playing. IE Nhemamusasa, Mahororo, etc, would all be different melodies. Check out the Lesson One video for an example of one melody you can use for practice. These chords are indeed the actual progression used on the mbira and one should avoid reduction...
rattletree 2 years ago
Thanks. I have always wanted to play mbira style guitar but did not really know where to start. This is great. More posts please. I play in a shona-style marbima band and this progession will work with a number of our songs.
davidschmidt1959 2 years ago
Joel, Great stuff, what tuning mbira would you play with the song in this key.
dezesticks 2 years ago
This is in 'C', so you can use the "marimba tuned" mbiras, or the G Mixolydian...
You can then extend that and use any mbira in any mode as long as it's in c.
rattletree 2 years ago