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In Zimbabwean music, mbira music is music played on an mbira, a traditional instrument of the Shona people of Zimbabwe. type of music in west Africa To many people Mbira music appears extremely repetitive, or cyclical. However, in most Mbira music, there are minute variations, suggestive of the minimalist movement in western music (for example Philip Glass ''et al.''). Mbira music can be put in and classed with African Music. The Mbira is sometimes played in the background of a Djembe drumming group for important pieces As usual in African music, rhythm plays an important part. The rhythms are often quite intricate and to some extent dictate the form of the melody. ==Shona mbira music== Generally, each mbira piece can be divided into four sections of twelve pulses each, although there are songs that divide into nine or eight pulses as well. Andrew Tracey refers to each cycle as a ''chara'',〔Tracey, Andrew. (1970). How to play the mbira (dza vadzimu). Roodepoort, Transvaal, South Africa: International Library of African Music.〕 which translates as "version", but literally means "fingering" or "thumb". Traditional Shona Mbira music is typically composed to two different parts, the Kushaura (meaning "to lead" or "to start") and the Kutsinhira (meaning "to follow"〔Berliner, Paul. (1978). The Soul of Mbira: music and traditions of the Shona people of Zimbabwe. Berkeley : University of California Press.〕). Each part is played on two different mbiras, with the kushaura often being the more simple part, and the kutsinhira more complicated. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mbira music」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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