Preserving the Tangible Material Culture of the Shona Traditional Music Legacy: An Applied Ethnomusicological Report

This article focuses on the preservation of tangible material culture Shona traditional music legacy. It reports how author collected and deposited materials used during both sacred secular contexts. For this research, an applied action research methodology was employed together with ethnography. Ethnographic fieldwork conducted in Hwedza, Chikomba, Bhuhera, Gweru, approach informed materials. The findings indicated that paradigm shift religious belief, rural-to-urban migration, modern technology are threatening sustenance there is a need to protect them before they disappear. As mitigative measure, some musical instruments objects local departmental archive at university Zimbabwe. therefore recommended more collections be done safeguard vulnerable heritage Shona.