Learn how to play Nhemamusasa with Forward Kwenda - FREE online video lessons + tablature download.
How to learn Nhemamusasa in this free masterclass:
Download your FREE Nhemamusasa Mbira Tablature PDF Pack here
Easy-access notation is marked with the video name and time segment - showing which notes are played when in videos below ⤵️
You’ll learn kushaura and kutsinhira variations [interlocking parts for multiple players]
Extra notes explain how Forward stacks together all of the ideas explored in The Mbira Deep-Dive (videos 8-14)
These insights will help you learn how to incorporate advanced improvisation skills into your playing
Forward performs the song on a D Nyamaropa mbira, but you can play along with any mbira tuning
Simply install the Google Chrome ‘Transpose’ plugin (available here - takes less than 2 minutes!)
Loop your favourite parts in your preferred tuning, at your preferred play-along speed, and…
Start playing the traditional Shona song Nhemamusasa with Forward Kwenda today!
Video 1: Basic Nhemamusasa Kushaura
The downloadable Nhemamusasa notes show how Forward explores a variety of right-hand approaches while maintaining the basic left-hand part from Discover Mbira. In your free pack we’ll explore some of Forward’s ‘repeating themes’ and his artful use of cascades.
Video 2: Basic Nhemamusasa Kutsinhira
Our ‘bouncing pairs’ in action. Grab the FREE Mbira Tablature Pack to find out more, and how shifting the right-hand earlier or later creates interlocking Kushaura and Kutsinhira parts.
Video 3: Tuning-Break Improvisation
In this candid excerpt from mbira online you’ll see how not to tune your mbira (with a rock!) + and get an insider view of Forward testing his tuning / exploring different variations without the pressure of recording for a tutorial.
FREE Nhemamusasa and Tadzungaira Masterclasses
Nhemamusasa and Tadzungaira are two of the most popular Shona mbira songs.
We offer FREE masterclass taster packs for both (get Forward Kwenda’s Tadzungaira Masterclass here - coming soon).
These offer a rewarding progression for learners that have explored our introductions to both songs in the FREE Discover Mbira Guide, Learn How to Play Mbira FREE Online Video Course and Mbira Deep-Dive Video Series.
Our FREE Masterclasses are small samples of the traditional Zimbabwean mbira song lessons available at www.mbira.online - The World’s Largest Mbira Master Video and Tablature Archive
If you’ve completed videos 1-14 of the Deep Dive, you can access the complete 2hr Nhemamusasa Masterclass for FREE after leaving a comment on this mbira tutorial signposting video.
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