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Over the course of the year, you will study several pieces of music from a range of styles. You will engage with the pieces in a range of ways and your understanding will be assessed holistically throughout the year.
Ensure any workbook activities are completed and that you keep these tidy.
Resources will be shared with you in hard copies, digitally, and through websites.
Radiohead - Karma Police
Radiohead - Karma Police
Charlie Parker - Moose the Mooche
Charlie Parker - Moose the Mooche
Vivaldi - Four Season
Vivaldi - Four Season
Hirini Melbourne
Hirini Melbourne
While often based on the concepts of traditional forms and styles of waiata, contemporary composers have continued to write a range of waiata that are performed regularly today.
Key Figure:
Hirini Melbourne
Hirini Melbourne (Tūhoe, Ngāti Kahungunu) was a respected composer, performer, educator, and academic. He is a key figure in the revitalisation of Te Reo Māori and Taonga Puoro. Many of his compositions are regularly performed today and his waiata have adapted and reinterpreted a number of times.
Melbourne trained as a teacher and had a lasting interest in education, for which a number of his most well-known waiata were written. He believed that waiata and puoro were an important part of revitalising and passing on knowledge and understanding of Te Ao Māori.
In 2002 he was awarded an a Doctorate from the University of Waikato and was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the 2003 New Year Honours, for services to Māori language, music and culture.
He was a frequent collaborator of Richard Nunns who was also an important figure in the revitalsiation of Taonga Puoro.
Haumanu Collective is a group of Māori musicians who formed under the tutorlege of Melbourne and continue to perform, compose, and further understanding of Māori music.
Example:
Pūrerehua (click for recording)
Concepts
Simple Chords (D, G, Em)
Relatively simple Melody - easy intervals and repetitive phrases
Often inlcudes Purerehua instrument as part (often in the intro/outro) - dual meaning of word
Follows a Verse-Chorus form
Strong sense of pulse - can be used for poi and waiata-a-ringa
No set instrumentation
Contexts
Revitalisation of Te Reo Māori and Education - key drivers for Hirini Melbourne
Designed to be simple so young children can sing and perform.
Teaches about the life cycle of a butterfly - lots of imagery and use of onomatopoeia ("pūrerehua rere runga" and "papaki parihau")
Personal Context - Melbourne wrote for his daughter " ...who I hope one day will grow up to be a beautiful free butterfly."
Possibly link to Waiata Oriori.
Links:
https://teara.govt.nz/en/waiata-tawhito-traditional-maori-songs
https://www.folksong.org.nz/purerehua/index.html
IA
IA
The revitalisaion of Te Reo and Taonga Puoro has lead to a range of artist fusing concepts of Māori music with western styles and concepts.
Key Artist
IA
IA is a Māori music collective that fuse drum'n'bass, soul, funk, electronic music, and traditional taonga puoro. They originally hail from the Waikato. This style of music is sometimes referred to as Indigenous Soul and has links to similar styles of music from other countries.
IA aims to keep Māori music concepts and instruments at the centre of their music and champion Te Reo Māori. IA also utilise social media and videos to share their music and reach a wider audience.
From their Youtube Channel: IA create indigenous soul music. The compositions blend old with new and feature the voices found with traditional Māori instruments/taonga puoro. The puoro voices are blended with modern instruments, ancient poetic writing style and modern soulful melodies. IA has been discovering new frontiers with traditional Maori instruments by using taonga puoro as the driving force in its creative process. Featuring Moetu Smith, Reti Hedley and Turoa Pohatu, the Waikato based band is dedicated to showcasing taonga puoro and Te Reo Maori in their musical expression.
Example:
Kōkōrangi (click to watch)
Concepts
Simple hamony
Feel comes from the bass
Live looping
Tension between harmony and tāonga puoro
simple equipment
layering of sounds
champions te reo Māori
video is important to meaning
Contexts
Revitalisation of Te Reo Māori and Taonga Puoro - reaching wider audience using Social media and fusion with popular styles
Feel important as makes it 'groove' and draws audience in
Showcases Māori traditions and knowledge in a modern way.
Links with underpinning of Māori waiata - often referencing Ngā Atua Māori.
Links:
https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/music101/audio/2018796445/introducing-ia
https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/nzlive/audio/2018871544/nz-live-ia
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAPIjU_Mg1gzl0X572LdLug
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