What are some of the musical aspects that make the mbira sound so complex?
What will be an ideal response?
• Each key of the mbira emits a "cluster of overtones" (see definition of overtone above), the resonator further modifies and manipulates the sounds, buzzing bottle caps (attached to the soundboard and resonator) add a rhythmic element. "Tones overlap . . . the whole is far more than the sum of the parts [WOM, citing Berliner, 1993]."
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