https://matepe.org/andrew-traceys-transcriptions-and-recordings Preserving matepe music in the 21st century Sun, 02 Mar 2025 14:20:23 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.1 https://matepe.org/andrew-traceys-transcriptions-and-recordings#comment-62 Sun, 17 Nov 2024 12:48:37 +0000 https://matepe.org/?p=611#comment-62 Chaidaavaenzi would make mbiras for my father and my sister would be asked to go and collect them. He was a distant relative and played mbira with my father.
The speed I am picking from Chidavaenzi is typical of what Josamu would do right up to his last recordings. That speed requires the wooden board to be less wider and you can see that with James Kamwaza’s mbiras. You play slower if the wooden board is wider because you have to put more effort.
The Kuvachenjedza style by Chidavaenzi was also the same as my father would play it. He also played Dimbotimbo style very well. He was not recorded because our local area was very inaccessible. His father played mbira and grandparents too.

]]> https://matepe.org/andrew-traceys-transcriptions-and-recordings#comment-48 Thu, 01 Feb 2024 13:49:55 +0000 https://matepe.org/?p=611#comment-48 Beautiful to see this full circle journey of time Andrew Tracey spent with these men Mathias Chidavaenzi and Sekuru Chawasarira back in the early 1970’s to learn and write down their music only for Sekuru Chawasarira to be able to listen to those same notes written down back then played back to him audially in 2023! Amazing!

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