“Wako ndiwako” ~ “What is yours is yours”.
Basic version (player #1)
Chapters (select on video):
00:00 Full basic version (demonstration)
01:22 Left thumb + index finger
01:53 Simplified version
About Wako ndiwako
Chapters:
00:00 Purpose and meaning of the song
07:05 Use for rainmaking
10:49 Burial customs at the time
12:42 Playing the song in biras
14:10 Lyrics
17:43 Other aspects of the song
19:02 Lyrics spoken slowly
20:41 “Sacred song, but not for the spirits”
20:53 Learning the song
Variation 1 (player #2)
Chapters:
00:00 Full variation 1 (demonstration)
01:24 Left thumb + index finger
01:53 Left index finger
02:39 Slow version
About Variation 1
Chapters:
00:00 When to join in with singing
02:05 Kupandutsa
Variation 2 (player #3)
This variation is Sekuru’s creation.
Chapters:
00:00 Full variation 2 (demonstration)
01:26 Left thumb
01:48 Left thumb + index finger
02:28 Simplified version
About Variation 2
Chapters:
00:00 Deep voices
02:43 Sekuru’s innovation
Variation 3 (player #4)
This variation comes from Samson ‘Nyamugodobi’ Chabirika.
Chapters:
00:00 Full variation 3 (demonstration)
01:14 Slow version
About Variation 3
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Combining parts
Chapters:
00:00 Basic version (player #1 part)
00:46 Variation 1 (player #2 part)
01:24 Basic + Variation 1
02:49 Variation 2 (player #3 part)
03:28 Basic + Variation 2
04:51 Variation 3 (player #4 part)
05:15 Basic + Variation 3