Written by Anna and Aimee
On Friday Ruma Rima got to learn about Maori tools and instruments with a person who studies about Maori musical tools. His name is Mr Handler.
Mr Handler told us that if you blow the taonga puoro at the end it sounds like two voices depending on how you blow. And if you blow on the top it sounds like a female voice. When you blow from the middle it sounds like babies. Ruma Rima got look at the Maori instruments he had made.
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| Tom holding the double flute. |
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| Aimee holding a normal cocoon flute. |
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| Rocco holding the Ancestor flute |
He also told us about some rope that is made from the heart of the flax bush (harakeke). You use the rope to make the adze.The rope ties on the stick and stone. If the stone is loose you put it in water to tighten it.
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| Mr Handler drilling. |
He made a drill out of sticks, some rope and a stone, and one
other very sharp stone.
We got to make music in groups using:
- shells
- river stones
- Totara and Kauri sticks
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ReplyDeleteGood post Anna and Aimee
I'm happy that me and Aimee finished in time A.P
ReplyDeleteI love the sound of the puoro.It's so great to have a puoro expert come visit our Kura. Mrs NT
ReplyDeleteGreat job Anna and Amiee I like the way you wrote about everything we did.
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Kia ora Anna and Aimee for telling everyone about our workshop and the extra things you learnt. Thanks Anna for bringing your book about the taonga at Te Papa. It really taught us lots about the flutes or puoro too. Miss C
ReplyDeleteThe maori instimimts are so cool S.R.
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