Download or read book Polynesian Sound producing Instruments written by Richard Moyle and published by Bloomsbury Shire Publications. This book was released on 1990 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite its vastness, Polynesia, the last major region of the Pacific Ocean to be colonised, contains cultures and languages which are relatively homogenous. Two subgroups, Eastern and Western Polynesia, share not only social structure and beliefs about the supernatural world, but also, in some instances, types of instruments used for musical and signalling purposes. This book introduces the variety of Polynesian instruments, from the familiar slit drums and skin drums to the less common nose-flutes, uniquely constructed mouth flutes and disposable jew's harps. The range of instruments now obsolete is also examined. Whether they are used to accompany dancing, for signalling, to represent divine voices, for private communication or for entertainment, sound-producing instruments are an integral and dynamic part of Polynesian culture. About the author Richard Moyle has spent a total of four years engaged in ethnomusicological fieldwork in Polynesia and a further four years living with Aboriginal groups in central Australia studying music and ritual; this resulted in two books. He has taught ethnomusicology at the University of Hawaii and is currently lecturer in ethnomusicology at the University of Auckland

Download or read book Sound producing Instruments in Oceania written by Hans Fischer and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Maori Music with Its Polynesian Background written by Johannes Carl Andersen and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 598 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Sounds of Oceania written by Auckland Institute and Museum and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Handbook of Musical and Other Sound producing Instruments from Equatorial Guinea and Gabon written by Åke Norborg and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Handbook of Musical and Other Sound producing Instruments from Togo written by Åke Norborg and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Sound producing Instruments of the World written by J. Richard Haefer and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A handbook of musical and other sound producing instruments from Namibia and Botswana written by Åke Norborg and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book How to Make Hawaiian Musical Instruments written by Jim Widess and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Sound Inventions written by Bart Hopkin and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2021-08-04 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sound Inventions is a collection of 34 articles taken from Experimental Musical Instruments, the seminal journal published from 1984 through 1999. In addition to the selected articles, the editors have contributed introductory essays, placing the material in cultural and temporal context, providing an overview of the field both before and after the time of original publication. The Experimental Musical Instruments journal contributed extensively to a number of sub-fields, including sound sculpture and sound art, sound design, tuning theory, musical instrument acoustics, timbre and timbral perception, musical instrument construction and materials, pedagogy, and contemporary performance and composition. This book provides a picture of this important early period, presenting a wealth of material that is as valuable and relevant today as it was when first published, making it essential reading for anyone researching, working with or studying sound.

Download or read book Sound producing Instruments written by Alfred Cort Haddon and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Meaningful Sounds written by Catherine Ann Younger and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Weavers of Song written by Mervyn McLean and published by Auckland University Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work is a study of Polynesian music illustrated by music examples and photographs.

Download or read book Music Lapita and the Problem of Polynesian Origins written by Mervyn McLean and published by Mervyn McLean. This book was released on 2014-01-01 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For more than twenty years the standard view among anthropologists has been that Polynesians evolved from a group of settlers known as Lapita people whose characteristically dentate-stamped pottery has been found on numerous mostly Melanesian sites, and who entered Fiji more than 3000 years ago from a starting point in the Bismarck Archipelago. An alternative view that champions Micronesia as a primary area of origin for Polynesians has been in limbo as a result of the prevailing theory, but is reappraised in the present book and found once again to be in contention. The book takes an historical view of theories of origin, and provides some account of methodologies used by scholarly disciplines which have been brought to bear on the subject, including evidence from music and dance, which forms the core of the book.

Download or read book Shake Rattle and Strum written by Sara Corbett and published by Children's Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Musical instruments from around the world. Illus. col. photos. 32p. 8-12 yrs.

Download or read book Perspectives in Motion written by Kendra Stepputat and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2021-03-10 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on visual approaches to performance in global cultural contexts, Perspectives in Motion explores the work of Adrienne L. Kaeppler, a pioneering researcher who has made a number of interdisciplinary contributions over five decades to dance and performance studies. Through a diverse range of case studies from Oceania, Asia, and Europe, and interdisciplinary approaches, this edited collection offers new critical and ethnographic frameworks for understanding and experiencing practices of music and dance across the globe.

Download or read book The History of Melanesian Society written by William Halse Rivers Rivers and published by CUP Archive. This book was released on 1968 with total page 630 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: