Thursday, September 13, 2007

Thumb piano!



In Zimbabwean music, the mbira is a musical instrument consisting of a wooden board to which staggered metal keys have been attached. It is often fitted into a deze that functions as a resonator. Mbira performances are usually accompanied by hosho. The Mbira is usually classified as part of the lamellophone family of musical instruments.


Robert Patterson Collier Flickr set shows a great deal of Thumb Pianos, or Kalimbas, or Mbiras.

Carol of the Bells (array mbira)



African Harp and Thumb Piano Ensemble

Paco Sere plays mbira

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Dude, that instrument is such a strange thing! I already made a couple of researches and it's very interesting instrument. Maybe I will stop buying generic viagra for a year and get one of these.