Easy Mbira Songs
Easy mbira songs for beginners. Learn how to play intermediate mbira songs too, or challenge yourself with our advanced mbira video lessons. All from top Zimbabwean musicians.
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⭐️ - Easy Mbira Songs
These ‘easy’ mbira songs have simple note patterns. They’re great starting points for beginners looking to build confidence on the mbira instrument, and those wanting to get familiar with our easy-to-read notation… more info below*.
⭐️⭐️ - Intermediate Mbira Songs
This ‘intermediate’ selection includes variations that are more complex. Often with regular note patterns, but more unusual note combinations.
⭐️⭐️⭐️ - Advanced Mbira Songs
Up for something more challenging? Here you’ll find the most mind-bending songs with irregular / busy note patterns and difficult note combinations!
*Select a song and look for the stars beneath the videos to see which sections have been notated. The corresponding notation can be found in your Song Pack Library.
Quickly navigate between songs with similar difficulty levels by clicking the Easy, Intermediate, and Difficult tags at the bottom of any page.
Take a look around and make a note of your favourites. Keep in mind that you’ll be more motivated and satisfied learning new parts when you like the sound of them!
Sometimes you’ll see ‘mixed gradings’: ⭐️/⭐️⭐️ and ⭐️⭐️/⭐️⭐️⭐️.
These are used to encourage you to move outside of your comfort zone. Maybe the left hand is easy, but the right hand will push you into new territory. Mixed gradings might also be used to show mixed levels of difficulty across a longer section of video.
Gold Subscribers can always request new notation for parts that haven’t been transcribed yet - please make your request in the Members Area.