Taonga Puoro =: Singing Treasures
Subtitle: The Musical Instruments of the Maori
Publisher: Craig Potton Publishing; Craig Potton Pub.
Published: January 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 132
ISBN-13: 9781877333149
Subjects: Indigenous peoples; Musical instruments & instrumental ensembles; New Zealand; Musical Instruments - General; Music/Songbooks
Description: Comprehensively covers the world of Māori musical instruments, including a background to the tunes played on the instruments, and the families of natural sounds with which they are associated. Covers various types of instruments (flutes, gourds, wood and shell trumpets, and bullroarers, for example) giving technical information along with that of the mythological and cultural context to which they belong.