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!

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Ko ngā reo o ētahi o ngā taonga puoro i ahu mai i ngā tangi o ngā ngārara, o ngā manu, o ngā wai, o ngā rākau me ngā hau o te taiao (TWK 41:14). / The voices of the musical instruments come from the sounds of insects, birds, the water, trees and the winds of the environment.

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Ko ēnei ngā āhuatanga puoro e iwa nei, arā, ko ngā wāhanga matua o te puoro: te rangi, te ūngeri, te reo niko, te āhua, te hā, te tangi, te tere, te kahaoro, me te kakano (RTP 2015:44). / These are the nine musical elements, that is the main components of music: melody, rhythm, harmony, form, tone, pitch, tempo, volume and texture.

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Ko te ariā puoro te tuhituhi me te tātari i ngā āhuatanga puoro, ngā tauira, ngā pūnaha me te rangaranga o te puoro (RTP 2015:45). / Music theory is the recording and analysing of musical elements, patterns, systems and musical structure (RTP 2015:45).

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He pūnaha tuhi puoro te tohu puoro hei whakaatu i ngā āhuatanga ā-rongo, pērā i te tangi, te manawataki, te wairua, te tangiata, me te roa o ia oro (RTP 2015:113). / Musical notation is a system of writing music to show aural aspects such as pitch, beat, mood, chords and the length of individual notes (RTP 2015:113).

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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).

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Ko te hanganga puoro tētahi o ngā āhuatanga puoro matua, arā, ko te rangaranga o te puoro, pērā i te kōtuitui me te tāruarua o ōna wāhanga (RTP 2015:53). / Musical form is one of the main elements of music, namely the structure of a piece of music, such as the interlinking and repetition of its parts (RTP 2015:53).

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Ko te tārua te hanga tuarua i tētahi hopunga puoro, ko te whakawhiti rānei i tētahi puoro mai i tētahi momo hangarau ki tētahi, pērā i te rīpene ki te kōnae matihiko. I ētahi wā, ko te whakauru oro hou ki roto i tētahi hopunga o mua (RTP 2015:102). / Dubbing is creating a reproduction of a musical recording, or transferring a piece of music to a new type of technology, such as from tape to digital. Sometimes it also refers to the addition of new sound elements into a previous recording (RTP 2015:102).

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Ko te kete puoro ngā puoro katoa e āhei ana tētahi kaiwhakatangi, tētahi kaiwaiata, tētahi rōpū puoro rānei te kawe ake (RTP 2015:60). / A musical repertoire is all of the music that a musician, a singer, or a musical group can perform proficiently (RTP 2015:60).

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Katoa ngā waiata a te rōpū waiata o Rotorua i mau ki runga i te kōpae puoro (TTR 1998:1). / All the recordings of the Rotorua choir were recorded on records.

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Ko ngā nuka puoro ngā momo rautaki ka whakamahia e te kaitito puoro, pēnei i te tatūnga, te puringa, te rerenga, te tāruarua me te raupapa tangiata (RTP 2010:65). / Musical devices are strategies that are used by a musical composer, such as cadence, hook, phrasing, repetition, and harmonic progression (RTP 2015:65).

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He rōpū whakatangi nui te rāngai puoro, e whai wāhi mai ai ngā wehenga taonga puoro e whā nei, te autangi, te pūhau, te pūtētere me te papā (RTP 2015:90). / An orchestra is a large instrumental group that includes sections of stringed, woodwind, brass and percussion instruments (RTP 2015:90).

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Ko te pūkenga puoro te tau o te ringapuoro ki tāna mahi, ko te āhua o tana whakatinana i āna puoro (RTP 2015:81). / Musicianship is the artistry of a musician in performing their music (RTP 2015:81).

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Ko te puoro kōmitimiti te whakahanumi i ētahi momo puoro e rua, nui ake rānei, kia puta ai he momo hou, pērā i te hono o te Gospel ki te puoro kōrangaranga, ka puta ko te puoro kōmanawa (RTP 2015:83). / Fusion is the combining of two or more musical genre to create a new genre, such as Gospel and Blues combining to form Soul music (RTP 2015:83).

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He momo puoro te puoro kōrangaranga ka takea mai i te iwi mangumangu i mauheretia hei pononga i te tonga o Te Hononga o Amerika i te whakamutunga o te rautau tekau mā iwa. Ko te tino o tēnei momo, he whakaputa i te mamae o te ngākau, he whakakotahi, he whakapiki anō i te iwi. Ko te tito ohia tētahi āhuatanga matua o te puoro kōrangaranga (RTP 2015:84). / Blues is a musical genre originating from the black slave communities in the south of The United States of America at the end of the ninteenth century. It is characterised by the expression of pain and grief and also acts to unite and uplift the people. Improvisation is a major characteristic of blues music (RTP 2015:84).

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