Sympathetic Resonances
A free online platform for documenting, learning, and exploring mbira music
Interactive transcriptions
Edit, play back, and watch mbira scores in your web browser:
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News
All news »Nyunga Nyunga transcriptions
5/2021 New nyunga nyunga pieces from the repertoire of mbira & marimba teacher and maker Barnabas Ngalande, featuring simple and more embellished parts for students on different levels to play together.
Starting point of the day
2/2021 Increase chances of finding the new in the familiar with randomised starting points and other playback options. A feature inspired by Erica Azim.
Mbira dzaVaNdau
2/2021 With the addition of the nowadays very rare hexatonic mbira dzaVaNdau, SR supports all major Zimbabwean mbira types.'Art of Mbira' transcription pool
10/2020 Owners of The Art of Mbira and Mbira's Restless Dance books who want to learn pieces using SR's features are invited to join our transcription pool. Just send a note.
New tunings
10/2020 Favourite mbira dzavadzimu, hera, and njari tunings by mbira makers and players Fradreck Mujuru, Tute Chigamba, Rinos Mukuwurirwa, Newton Cheza Chozengwa, Chaka Chawasarira, Josam Nyamukuvhengu, Kenneth Kabaya
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Tuning repository
| Currently, 75+ tunings of seven mbira types are available. Instrument Gallery » Explore the wonderful diversity of historical and contemporary scales, and use them for tuning your own instruments. Example tuning » |
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Archives accessible
In 2017, we started a project at the International Library of African Music (ILAM) to make the great variety of mbiras and tunings in the Tracey Instrument Collection, as well as Andrew Tracey's extensive personal archive of transcriptions audible and accessible to the world.| Learn more » |
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Your personal library
Sign up to access all public content, and to start a personal archive of transcriptions. It is, and will always be, free of charge. Everything you create is private, unless you decide to share it with other individuals or groups. As of today, about 350 registered users have created more than 900 transcription records (100+ being public). How it works »Learning & Inspiration
The public material provides a starting point for learning the traditional repertoire. Use the computer-generated playback and instrument visualization for rehearsal at any tempo, and for practicing the intricate interlocking between multiple parts. As an advanced player, get inspiration from a number of musical tools: Transpose and transform pieces, translate them across instrument types, quickly create variations or compose new harmonic progressions.Purpose & Values
This project wants to contribute to the preservation (and expansion) of diversity of mbira music, with a special focus on marginalized traditional instrument types.