Associations to the word «Mbira»

Wiktionary

MBIRA, noun. (musical instrument) A thumb piano, a musical instrument having a small sound box fitted with a row of tuned tabs that are plucked with the thumbs, originating among the Shona of southern Africa; any type of plucked lamellophone of the same type as the Shona instrument.

Wise words

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Nathaniel Hawthorne