Look up: Mbira

1. mbira
   Original Shona-language term for a hand-held, metal-pronged instrument used in religious ceremonies to initiate communication with ancestor spirits. Mbira has become a general term for this entire class of instruments--lamellophones--popularly known as 'thumb pianos.'
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2. mbira
   Thumb piano of the Shona people in Zimbabwe. Played by plucking metal strips on a wooden slab, often clamped inside a gourd resonator. Used recreationally and to communicate with ancestors.
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3. Mbira
   The mbira is a South African wooden bell upon which are assembled a number of metal tongues.
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4. Mbira
   In African music, the `mbira` (also known as `Likembe`, `Mbila`, `Thumb piano`, `Mbira Huru`, `Mbira Njari`, `Mbira Nyunga Nyunga`, `Karimbao` or `Kalimba`) is a musical instrument consisting of a wooden board to which staggered metal keys have been attached. It is often fitted into a resonator. In ...
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