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Topic: Hosho (instrument)

	On micing,
		Now the instrument is being brought into the concert stage and the recording studio, and sometimes asked to play along with much louder instruments such as marimba, drums and electric guitar.
		This shaker instrument has been used as accompanament to mbira for a long time, but was originally introduced to America in marimba ensembles.
		Hosho these days tend to be well made, solid and loud, and played very competently.
	www.portlandzimmusic.com /tech1.html (4194 words)

	Mbira Did You Mean mbira (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		In East African music, the mbira (also known as likembe, lkembe, lokembe, lukeme or lukembé) is a gourd-resonated "thumb piano", a musical instrument consisting of a wooden board to which staggered metal keys have been attached fitted into a resonator.
		The metal keys on the instruments are curved upward at the loose ends, and are stroked with the two thumbs plucking down and the right forefinger plucking up.
		By the way the sound is produced, the instrument is classified into the lamellaphones family.
	www.did-you-mean.com /Mbira.html (514 words)

	People Like Me Viewer's Guide
		Zimbabwe 's mbira "dzavadzimu" (mbira of the ancestor spirits) is the primary traditional instrument of the Shona people, and has been played for over 1,000 years at religious rituals, royal courts, and social occasions.
		Hosho are traditionally made from gnarly maranka gourds, hollowed out and partially filled with hard hota seed.
		The heartbeat of a marimba or mbira ensemble is the hosho player, who uses a pair of these deceptively simple-looking instruments to keep the pace.
	www.worldartswest.org /main/instruments_type.asp?i=30 (723 words)

	Mushawaparara Mbira Group (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		As a basic instrument, the Mbira consists of a number of flat and flared metal strips, keys of varying lengths and thickness, all arranged in a certain order and fastened to a wooden board with a rod secured behind the board with a wire or nuts and bolts.
		In the absence of the Hosho, the Mbira is naked.
		Hoshos in their original and traditional form, are made from the dried and emptied hollow pods of mapudzi (some species of butternut) consisting of the empty head which is then packed with a number of specially selected pebbles, and a hooked handle for easy grasp.
	mushawaparara.netfirms.com (6675 words)

	The Mbira Store: Miscellaneous (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Hosho (calabash rattles): These are our authentic Zimbabwe rattles filled with hota seeds for a distinctly consistent sound.
		Another kind of hosho is made out of the dried shell of the wild orange (damba or matamba[plural]).
		This type of hosho is not as loud as the pumpkin gourd version, making it ideal for recording sessions.
	www.zambuko.com /mbira_store/pages/miscellaneous.html (348 words)

	Shava Musik Produktion & Verlag, Ekow Alabi, Virginia Mukwesha, Oliver Mtukudzi, Chinembiri Chidodo, Kakai Kilonzo
		For the first part of the ceremony the Mbiras are accompanied by "Hosho" (a pair of gourd rattles) and singing.
		Hosho -rattles made of dried gourds and filled with seeds- keep time with a simultanity of duple and triple beat.
		What makes this instrument so special is not only the spiritual part but also that nobody can ever teach him/herself how to play it.
	www.shava.com /mbira.html (1510 words)

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		The sonorities reflect a variety of instruments both ancient and modern, including drums and percussion instruments (of course) but also extending far beyond to strings, flutes, and a wide range of plucked or hammered metal and wood instruments.
		They provide a framework for vocal performance by the leader and his accompanists, lending both a strong sense of time (through the prominent pulse of the hosho and the polyrhythmic energy of the mbira) and melody (a parameter specified by each tune and developed over time on the mbira).
		She also disposed of the limited instrumentation of traditional Shona culture by introducing drums, electric guitar and bass--and, most notably, the marimba.
	www.allaboutjazz.com /php/article_print.php?id=44 (1921 words)

	Hosho (instrument) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The hosho is a Zimbabwean musical instrument consisting of a maranka gourd with seeds (usually Hota) inside it or net of beads around it and which often accompanies Shona music, especially mbira music.
		Another form of the hosho is made of a wild orange called a damba, tied together with sticks and filled with hota seeds or pebbles.
		Other related percussive instruments include the magavhu (leg rattle) and ngoma (drum).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hosho_(instrument) (154 words)

	rovambira
		Traditionally, this type of mbira is used both in religious ceremonies and secular gatherings and it is said to be capable of inducing a state of trance in performers and listeners.
		The instrument has an average of 22 metal keys that are plucked by the thumbs and first finger.
		Also typical, is the presence of a number of buzzers attached to the instrument itself and the gourd resonator.
	www.nunocristo.com /rovambira.html (185 words)

	Zimbabwean Music
		The soprano, tenor, and baritone marimbas invented at Kwanangoma were augmented with a bass instrument by Dumi (Dumisani Maraire) when he began teaching marimba music in Seattle, Washington in the 1970's.
		The mbira "of the ancestral spirits," also known as the "big mbira" (huru) or simply "iron" (nhare), this instrument of the Zezuru culture produces a heavenly, shimmering, resonant tone that lends itself equally well to meditative inner journeys and wild dancing.
		The "sparkling" mbira of the Manyika culture belongs to the karimba family of instruments.
	www.questconnect.org /africa_zim_music.htm (398 words)

	Mbira - Dic.blogopt.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Many people, unfamiliar with the particulars of playing the instrument have mistakenly called the instrument a "thumb piano", in spite of the fact that the instrument is usually played with anywhere from 3-4 fingers.
		An mbira piece is normally defined by which keys on the instrument, or notes in the scale are used to create it, not by its absolute notes, or what tuning it is usually played on.
		However, when moving a piece between instruments in different modes, the piece is sometimes transposed so that it is played in the instrument's relative minor or major key.
	dic.blogopt.com /Likembe (1085 words)

	HOSHO (CREPITACOLO)
		This is an instrument used to mark rhythm and is often obtained from a pair of fine wooden sticks, played holding one in each hand.
		In the commonest version in Zimbabwe, the instrument consists of two gourds, of the wild and inedible type, which are used in pairs, like maracas.
		In Zimbabwe this type of instrument accompanies the music of the MBIRA.
	www.africainmusica.org /instruments/inglese/idiofoni/HoshoZimbabwe.htm (134 words)

	DAILY BRUIN ONLINE - Ensemble celebrates heritage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The mbira is a traditional Zimbabwe instrument fashioned from a flat soft wood to make a sound board on which metal keys attach.
		Describing the traditional four-phrase structure of a mbira song, Cosmos Magaya, a player of the instrument for 40 years, stressed the interlocking and interweaving nature that songs possess.
		Explaining that the hosho leads the mbira players, drummers and vocalists, Magaya demonstrated that the seemingly easily played rattle was deceptively harder than first appeared.
	www.dailybruin.ucla.edu /db/issues/99/11.09/ae.mbira.html (782 words)

	Nonesuch Explorer Series - Zimbabwe: The Soul of Mbira: Traditions of the Shona People - Review - Stylus Magazine
		A family of keyed instruments played with the thumbs and forefingers, mbira are important for the religious, familial, community, and personal life of the Shona people.
		As the mbira and hosho (rattles made from gourds) provide a repeating rhythmic foundation, the singer Hakurotwi Mude yodels and howls over the music, with people from the gathered crowd joining in with their own singing and clapping.
		As the mbira and hosho provide delicate underlying patterns, Mude (who also plays one of the Ensemble’s two mbira) sings in a constantly varying array of styles, alternating between his earlier enthusiastic yodels, a more restrained (and beautiful) style of melodic singing, and kudeketera, a Shona poetry form.
	www.stylusmagazine.com /review.php?ID=1161 (783 words)

	Mbira.org: The mbira instrument
		The mbira of the Zezuru group of the Shona people of Zimbabwe consists of 22 to 28 metal keys mounted on a gwariva (hardwood soundboard) made from the mubvamaropa tree (Pterocarpus angolensis).
		The only requirement is that two instruments played together should generally agree in tuning.
		If the same sequence of keys is played, the music is considered to be the same mbira piece, even if played on instruments tuned with completely different intervals.
	www.mbira.org /instrument.html (348 words)

	Zimbabwean Music Festival: 2003 Workshops (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		If you’ve had an itch to try this deceptively “simple” instrument, or you play already but would like to review the basics, here is a safe, comfortable opportunity to learn or review the muchongoyo, tsaba and minanzi/mbira patterns.
		This class is a good place to be introduced to this important instrument, or to refine and improve what you already know, in a fun and supportive atmosphere.
		Now that you are able to play hosho comfortably and are gaining confidence, it is time to learn how to trust your playing enough to focus on moving your body.
	www.zimfest.org /2003/workshops.cgi?category=hosho&menu=none (556 words)

	Bates College \| 10-18-99 ANNUAL KENDALL CONCERT FEATURES "THE SOUL OF MBIRA"
		The public is invited to attend the annual Edith C. and Raymond L. Kendall Concert, and admission is free.
		The mbira is an ancient instrument in Zimbabwe with deep roots in the culture of the Shona people, the country's majority group.
		At the same time, the instrument emerged in nightclubs, appearing in western-style bands led by popular artists such as Thomas Mapfumo, who blended the mbira with elements of rock and soul.
	www.bates.edu /x1238.xml (484 words)

	Stella Chiweshe, Talking Mbira: Spirits of Liberation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Have you ever heard of a musical instrument called a "mbira?" I had not until I listened to Stella Chiweshe's CD Talking Mbira: Spirits of Liberation.
		A mbira is an instrument from the Shona people of Zimbabwe consisting of 22 to 28 metal keys (made of whatever scrap metal is available including bicycle spokes or sofa springs) attached to hardwood.
		As you might imagine with a homemade instrument of this type, the range of sounds the instrument produces depends upon the material used in its creation.
	www.rambles.net /chiweshe_talking02.html (519 words)

	Guide to Local Talent - Portland ZimMusic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Teaches marimba and hosho to all levels in group and individual settings.
		Teaches hosho and marimba to beginning and intermediate levels.
		Makes hosho (natural gourd shakers) in a variety of sizes, breed and finish.
	www.portlandzimmusic.com /guide.html (840 words)

	Garikayi Tirikoti : Maidei - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect
		His main instrument is the mbira, or thumb piano, of his native Shona people.
		Not only does he play it superbly, he's also a craftsman who builds them, and a composer, writing for them (his talents as a musician also extended to hosho and ngoma), and as a singer.
		The seven tracks on Maidei illustrate just how good he is. There's an resonant richness to his mbira playing, as lines build over lines, creating layers of cascading melodies.
	www.artistdirect.com /nad/store/artist/album/0,,2683855,00.html (260 words)

	akwabainstruments (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Despite the massive variety of instruments found in Africa, each is unique.
		So, for example, when an instrument maker makes a kora, its size will depend on the size of the calabash available; there is no ‘industry standard’.
		The design of African instruments also depend on the mother tongue and tastes of its maker, the musician.
	www.africacentre.org.uk /akwabainstruments.htm (150 words)

	The Kutandara Center - Colorado's Zimbabwean Music Community for Marimba and Mbira
		He has been an avid student and player of mbira dzavadzimu from the time he was eight, when he `pinched' his cousin's instrument for surreptitious study.
		Sekuru Magaya is a master of the instrument, having studied with many great players.
		Primarily a guitarist, he is also a vocalist, plays trumpet, keyboards, mbira and marimba among other instruments.
	www.kutandara.com /learn/visitingartist.htm (1129 words)

	Mbira.org: Catalog Search (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		This CD of mbira-style hosho at various speeds is intended for mbira, marimba, and hosho students to practice along with.
		We also included one track of 'kutsinhira hosho' style, which can be played by a second hosho player, or as variations when there is only one hosho player.
		You may wish to start out practicing together with the same part you are playing, also trying the track with hosho, to hear where the beat fits with your part.
	www.mbira.org /catalog.asp?cat=studentseries (269 words)

	Musical Instruments: PercussionatSoundTravelsonlinestore
		Our Musical Instruments: Percussion section contains a Chilean Rainstick, a Peruvian Gourd, Huiro and Shaker, a Lizard Clacker from Indonesia, a Shaky Egg from Indonesia, a Thumb Piano or Mbira from Indonesia, hardwood claves and a Seed Shaker from South America, and beaded Maracas from India.
		The wooden shaky egg is very popular with "kids" of all ages.~A fun percussion instrument the size of a hen's egg from Indonesia.
		Fish Guiro~In ancient times, large specimens of this kind of instrument were used for the dissemination of information over distances.
	www.soundtravels.co.uk /x1460.html (1927 words)

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	Zimbabwe Mbira Players
		The mbira is a unique African keyboard instrument whose harp-like tones produce a beautiful texture of interwoven melodies and driving polyrhthyms.
		In Zimbabwe, mbira ensembles perform at sacred religious ceremonies for the possession of spirit mediums, bridging the worlds of the living and the dead.
		The Zimbabwe Group Leaders Mbira Ensemble is an all-star group composed of artists who lead their own ensembles and have joined their talents for a residency at Stanford University—their first appearance in the Bay Area.
	www.stanford.edu /dept/SHC/shc/2001-2002/mbirasched.html (205 words)

	African Shakers Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
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