Ngoma chiridzwa chinogadzirwa nedanda rine mhango pakati rinokakwa dehwe kune rimwe divi kana kuti mativi ose. Ngoma inoridzwa nemaoko kana nezvimiti. Nguri (A kind of drum). Chiharamba kana dandanda (Short drum(made from hollowed-out section of tree-trunk). Dumba (Drum). Gandira (type of drum hung from the neck) mhando yengoma inoridzwa yakarembedzwa muhuro. Kangoma kanorira kachiti kwangu kwangu - apa kureva kuti munhu kana achitaura anonatsa zviri kudivi rekwake. Kangoma kunyanya kurira kanotsemuka. Akaimba muimbi Oliver Mtukudzi - Pfavira ngoma zimhandara husiku hurefu. Ngoma muridzi wayo. The (sound of the) drum depends on the drummer. Ngoma muna wayo. The drum is (dependent on) its owner. Chingoma chiririsi ndicho chiparuki. The drum that sounds loudly is the one that bursts. Pfavira ngoma, husiku hurefu. (Be calm and take your time to do things). Kuridza ngoma nedemo: (to beat the drum with an axe) - zvinoreva kuita zvinhu nenzira inokuvadza. Nokumwe kutaura tingati munhu ari kuita izvi ave kufarisa. Mang'anja vanoti kuomba ngoma (to beat the drum; play the drum) vachireva [[kuridza] ngoma.