Activities: Set 3
Chapter navigation:
Track 7: 'Ki te La' | Track 8: 'Wrench' | Track 9: 'Kotahitanga'
Intended outcomes
- Listen and respond to different styles of music (PK, UC).
- Describe the features of music from different contexts (PK, UC).
Track 7: 'Ki te La'
Resource: Into Music 2 (published by Learning Media )
Activities
- Listen to the rich harmonies of the first section:
- Compare them with 'E Papa' by Herbs (track 1 in Sweet!).
- Compare them with the harmonies in the next section of 'Ki te La'.
- Identify the instruments used, including the didgeridoo, pate, congas and bass drums.
- Describe the third section by answering the following questions:
- What happens?
- Who sings?
- Who plays?
- What is the most striking aspect?
- Are there any links to the first or second sections?
- Find out about Tokelau:
- Where is it?
- Who are its people?
- What is its culture?
- What is its music?
- Listen to other music by Te Vaka: Sweet! track 14; Ears Wide Open track 21; NZ Music for Creative Dance 1 track 11.
Extension activities
- Use wooden and other percussion instruments to create a rhythmic accompaniment to the third section of 'Ki te La'.
- Sing along while playing.
Track 8: 'Wrench'
Resource: Ears Wide Open (available from SOUNZ )
Activities
- Make a list of words that describe the mood of this music.
- Discuss what aspects of the music combine to create this mood.
- Write a story or create a drawing about what you imagine when you listen to this piece.
- Find some more examples of jazz, and present these to the class.
- Find out about the saxophone – its history, and how it works.
- Do body improvisation activities from the Ears Wide Open teacher guide/student activity workbook.
Extension activities
- Imagine that 'Wrench' is being used by a student dance company. Find out from dancers or a dance teacher what kind of movements or choreography might be appropriate for this music.
- Make notes on what they have told you:
- What could this dance look like?
- What kind of costume would the dancers wear in your dance?
Track 9: 'Kotahitanga'
Resource: Sweet! A taste of New Zealand Music – free to all intermediate and secondary schools in 2003 (published by New Zealand Music Industry Commission )
Activities
- Identify the two styles present in the music – traditional Māori and contemporary dance/pop.
- Discuss the way in which traditional music has been combined with contemporary dance music in this song.
- Discuss the roles of male and female voices in the song. How do these compare with traditional roles for male and female voices in traditional Māori music?
- Find out about, and discuss, karanga and haka.
Extension activities
- Listen to 'E Papa' and 'Heartwinds' (also in Sweet!).
- In groups, discuss any links between them and 'Kotahitanga'.