We love this sound so much! Also known as an African thumb piano, the mbira is a musical instrument created and performed by the Shona people of Zimbabwe. Here's Professor Anand Prahlad demonstrating the mbira. Video via Mizzou, filmed in Columbia, Missouri. | African Drumming

4.9K views · 108 reactions | The Mbira is an African musical instrument, traditional to the Shona people of Zimbabwe. It consists of a wooden board with attached staggered metal tines, played by holding the instrument in the hands and plucking the tines with the thumbs, the right forefinger, and sometimes the left forefinger. Can you compare the sound to a more mainstream instrument? Played here by the talented xuan xuan (Youtube) | Music Traveler | Facebook