MUS 13 Quiz 3 - Hawaii

Oceania

• lands of Central & South Pacific, including

  • Micronesia

  • Melanesia

  • Polynesia

Polynesia

• islands within the triangle between the Hawaiian Islands, New Zealand, Easter Island

Instruments in pre-contact Hawaii

• no fixed pitch

• mostly percussion

  • exceptions: nose flutes, chordophone

Mele

• poetry composed with a specific time pattern/rhythmic flow in mind

• sung or chanted

• melodic succession of notes is a secondary concern

Halau hula

• traditional hula school

Kumu hula

• hula teacher

  • priest

Hula troupes

• honor the gods to sing the praise of the chief and his ancestors

• subsidized hula schools

Hula

• refers to movement and gestures

• performed with mele (poetry)

  • most important component

• regular pulse

• only certain types of mele may be performed as…

Oli

• mele/chanting vocal form without dance

• free rhythm

• all mele may be performed as…

Hula kahiko

• ancient hula

• chant-accompanied dances

Hula ‘auana

• modern hula

• song-accompanied dances

Hula kahiko instruments

• pahu or ipu

Pahu

• one of the main instruments in hula kahiko

• sharkskin-covered log drum

• played with the heel and fingers

Ipu

• one of the main instruments in hula kahiko

• double gourd idiophone

• stamped on the ground or struck with hand

Hula ‘Auana instruments

• Western-derived string instruments

  • acoustic guitar, ukulele, string bass

Three greatest Western influences on Hawaiian music

• hymn singing

• ukulele

• band music

Hawaiian steel guitar

• developed from the Spanish guitar

Slack key guitar

• solo fingerpicked style

• strings “slacked” to produce different tunings

Hapa haole

• created to incorporate current musical trends on US mainland into hula ku’i melodies

• comical, risqué English lyrics

Hapa haole imagery

• Waikiki

• sand

• surf

• coconut trees

• hula dancers

Hapa haole accompaniment

• ukulele

Hapa haole based on…

• ragtime harmonies

• jazz and blues

• big band jazz

• rock and roll