whakaari puoro
1. (noun) musical, musical theatre, musical drama.
Ko te whakaari puoro he momo whakaari, inā te whakaeminga o te puoro, te waiata, te kōrero, te whakatautau me te kanikani ki te atamira o rēhia (RMR 2017). / A musical is a type of theatre that combines music, song, dialogue, acting and dance in the performance (RMR 2017).
tāonga pūtētere
1. (noun) wind musical instrument, brass musical instrument.
He whakarōpūtanga taonga puoro nā te Pākehā te taonga pūtētere, ka puta te reo i te tāwariwari o ngā ngutu o te kaiwhakatangitangi me te pupuhi atu i te hau ki roto i te pū o te taonga, ki reira tōiriiri mai ai. Mā te whakarerekē i te roa o te pū e piki ai, e heke ai rānei te tangi (RTP 2015:88). / A wind instrument is a western classification of musical instruments where sound is produced from the vibration of the players' lips blowing into the tube of the instrument, where the sound is resonated. By changing the length of the tube the pitch is heightened or lowered (RTP 2015:88).
puoro
1. (verb) to sing.
Kua whaikōrero a Tame, he korokoro tūī, engari kia puoro, e tama, kua reo poraka tonu atu! (PK 2008:714). / When Tom gives a speech he is like the throat of a tūī, but when he sings, heavens, he has the voice of a frog!
Synonyms: toiere, kitā, tau, maire, tangi, pao, umere, whakakitā, korokī, korihi, waiata
2. (noun) song, music, musical instrument.
(Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 162-171; Te Māhuri Audio Tapes/CDs (Ed. 2): exercise 23;)
Noho rite ana te momo puoro o te waiata nei ki te pūoru o Hawai‘i, ā, ko ngā taputapu whakatangitangi ko te kitā, ko te ukurere me tētahi kitā pona maitai atu hoki (TTR 2000:96). / The music style of this song was music of Hawai‘i, and instruments included the guitar, ukulele and lap-steel guitar.
Synonyms: pūoru, taonga whakatangitangi, taonga puoro, whakatangi
2. (noun) breath, essence, taste, breathing.
Nā konei i meinga ai ngā tāngata āhua kaha kia pikipiki tonu, kia tere ai, kia kaha ai tō rātau hā (TP 15/7/1901:1). / Consequently, the people who are somewhat stronger are encouraged to climb up and down so that their breathing is faster and stronger.
3. (noun) sound, tone of voice, tenor (of a speech).
Kia whakarongo tonu mai koutou ki te hā o taku kupu atu ki a koutou (W 1971:29). / You should all listen to the tenor of what I say to you.
4. (noun) tone, timbre (music).
Ko te hā te āhua, te wairua rānei o te reo o tētahi taonga puoro, o tētahi kaiwaiata rānei (RTP 2015:53). / The tone is the character or the feel of the sound of a musical instrument or a singer (RTP 2015:53).
5. (noun) intonation.
Ko te hā te āhua o te tangi mai o te reo o te tangata, arā, ko te piki me te heke o te reo i te roanga atu o te rerenga kōrero, ko te hātahi rānei; ko te wairua anō hoki o te kōrero, pēnā he maioro, he wainene rānei (RMR 2017). / Intonation is the nature of the sound of a person’s voice, such as the rise and fall in pitch, or monotone over the duration of a sentence, and also the feeling in the voice, such as whether it is discordant or mellifluous (RMR 2017).
rehu
1. (noun) long traditional flute - with a closed top and a transverse blowing hole and finger holes like a pōrutu.
(Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 168;)
Ko ngā wheua o te hunga maitai i patua nei he mea mahi hei tīrou kai, ā, ko ngā wheua o ngā hūhā he mea mahi hei tōrino, arā, hei rehu (TAH 51:17). / The bones of the foreigners who had been killed were made into forks for picking up food, and the thigh bones were made into flutes.
2. (noun) recorder (musical instrument) - probably best distinguished from the traditional flute described above by adding the word Pākehā.
2. (loan) (noun) drum (musical instrument).
Whakahīhī ana tā mātau whakatangi haere i ā mātau pūtōrino, me te patu i ā mātau pēne e rua (HP 1991:33). / We proudly walked along playing our flutes and beating our two drums.
rangi inaki
1. (noun) canon, round (music).
Ko te rangi inaki te whakatangi tuarua i tētahi rangi i muri tata iho i te tīmatanga o te whakatangi tuatahi o taua rangi. He ngātahi te haere, ahakoa te tōmuri o tētahi i tētahi (RTP 2015:92). / A canon is the repeating of a melody soon after the first playing of that melody has started, resulting in them being played together, even though one is delayed (RTP 2015:92).
2. (noun) syllable.
2. (noun) line, rail - on which anything is hung.
Me hanga he tārawa, kia rima tekau whatianga te tiketike (PT Ehetere 5:14). / Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high.
3. (noun) wave, swell, roller (of the sea).
Ko Korongata tētahi kāinga i ngaromia e te wai me ngā tārawa (HTK 9/12/1893:5). / Korongata was one village destroyed by the water and the waves.
5. (noun) stave, staff (music) - a set of five parallel lines on any one or between any adjacent two of which a note is written to indicate its pitch.
E rua ngā tohu tārawa matua, ko tētahi mō ngā oro mārū, ko tētahi mō ngā oro tīkā. Mēnā e hono ana ngā tārawa, he tohu tērā kia haere tahi ngā oro kei ngā tārawa e rua (RTP 2015:114). / There are two main clefs, one for the low pitched notes and the other for high pitched notes. If the staves are joined that is a symbol that the notes should go together on the two staves.
2. (noun) out of tune, flat (of a musical instrument).
I tino rangona te tangi hē o te tōiri (RTP 2015:55). / It could be clearly heard that the violin was out of tune.
Raukatauri
1. (personal name) atua of music, especially flute music, who is personified in the bag moth.
(Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 167-169;)
Ka rawe anō ki te titiro atu i ngā mahi a Raukatauri; ko ngā kākahu o te hunga poi he mā katoa, rawe ana tērā te porotiti a te poi (TPH 30/11/1900:4). / It was great to watch the activities of Raukatauri; the garments of the poi performers were all white and the twirling of the poi was excellent.
2. (personal name) one of the women sent by Tinirau to capture Kae.
Te Kāhui Tau, Rau-kata-uri, Rau-kata-mea: Ki ētahi kōrero ko te pūtake mai rāua o ngā mahi ngahau, o ngā mahi o te rēhia, o te harakoa. Ki ētahi kōrero he tuāhine nō Tinirau. Ko rāua ētahi o ngā wahine nāna i whakangahau i kitea ai te niho o Kae (Ngae, Kaunihoniho ki ētahi). Koia Te Kāhui Tau, mō te waiata, mō te whakatangi, mō te haka (M 2006:232). / Te Kāhui Tau, Rau-kata-uri, Rau-kata-mea: According to some accounts the latter two were the origin of the arts of amusement, entertainment, and pleasure. According to some they were sisters of Tini-rau. They were among the women who entertained and caused Kae to show his teeth (Ngae, Kau-nihoniho according to some). The term Kāhui (a tribal designation) Tau pertains to these two, and those who sing, play on instruments, or do posture dances (M 2006:233).
3. (noun) bag of common bag moth, Liothula spp. - the caterpillar inside its bag eats the leaves of native plants such as mānuka, kānuka, tauhinu, neinei and introduced trees. The male moth is rarely seen.
Synonyms: pū a Raukatauri, pūtōrino a Raukatauri
waetahi
1. (noun) tone (music) - a difference in pitch between two musical notes equal to two semitones.
Ko te āputa te rerekē o te tangi o tētahi oro i tētahi, arā, ko te maha o ngā waetahi, ngā waehaurua rānei kei waenganui (RTP 2015:44). / An interval is the difference in pitch from one note to another, measured in tones or semitones (RTP 2015:44).
Hine-raukatauri
1. (personal name) atua of flute music who is personified in the common bag moth.
(Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 167-169;)
See also atua
hue rarā
1. (noun) shaker, rattle - a small gourd with the seeds either left to dry or replaced with small stones used as a musical instrument to create a strong rhythm.
(Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 162-163;)
Ko te hue rarā he hue ngā mauranga ā-ringa a wētahi i roto i ngā mahinga kanikani, whakatautau, whakakorikori rānei (Wh3 2003:162). / The hue rarā (rattles) are gourds that are sometime held in the hands during dances, songs of enchantment or with body movements.
Synonyms: hue puruwai, kākara, tatetate, tatangi, pātētē, rarā
katokato
1. (verb) (-hia) to pluck repeatedly, break off, pick, pluck (a musical instrument).
2. (noun) plucking (a musical instrument).
Ka puta tōna reo mā te katokato i te au, mā te raraku, mā te pākuru rānei ki tētahi rākau iti (RTP 2015:47). / Its voice emerges by plucking the string, by strumming, or by striking it with a small stick.
ōkana
1. (loan) (noun) organ (musical).
Ā nā te tama a taua minita Māori i whakatangi te ōkana o taua karakia (TW 28/8/1875:176). /
Synonyms: ōkena
