- In
Shona music, the
kushaura is the
leading part.
Compare with the
kutsinhira part. The
kushaura can be
thought of
being the
first part, with the kutsinhira...
- the "
kushaura" in a way that
creates the
repeated notes which identify mbira music. The "kutsinira" part is
sometimes the same part as the "
kushaura", but...
- tradition, the
mbira may be pla**** with
paired performers in
which the
kushaura, the caller,
leads the
performed piece as the kutsinhira, the responder...
- quarter-notes for
visual emphasis. The
following notated example is from the
kushaura part of the
traditional mbira piece "Nhema Mussasa". The
mbira is a lamellophone...
- — Ladzekpo (c: "Six
Against Four") The
following notated example is from the
kushaura part of the
traditional mbira piece "Nhema Mussasa." The left hand plays...
- matepe – mbira –
ngoma drums – njari –
panpipe Other: bira ceremony –
kushaura-kutsinhira
Shona languages include Shona proper, Dema, Kalanga, Manyika...
