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: Ngä Toi Puoro e Rua — Two Pieces
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Approach: One to one
Focus: Discussing the features of two pieces of music and indicating personal response to the music.
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Resources: Audio recording on laptop computer.

Questions / instructions:
In this activity we are going to listen to two different pieces of music. After each one, I’m going to ask you to tell me about the music.
E whakarongo ana täua ki ngä puoro rerekë e rua. Kia mutu ia puoro, ka hömai öu whakaaro mö aua puoro.

 
% responses
GEd
MI
Click the Play button to start the video. Listen to song one.
Click the Pause button.
  1. That piece was called Yellow Submarine. Try to describe the music to me. Tell me about things like the kinds of sounds,
    the instruments, rhythms and anything else you noticed.
    Ko te Waka Ruku Köwhai tënä waiata. Hömai he körero mö taua waiata.He aha ngä momo oro, ngä whakatangitangi,
    ngä üngeri me ëtahi atu mea i rongo koe?
  2. Tell me some things about the music that you thought were specially interesting.
    Körerohia mai, öu whakaaro mö ngä mea whakamere [interesting] o te puoro.
   
discussion of instrumentation
strong 10 14
  moderate 36 49
weak 46 29
absent 8 8
discussion of rhythmic elements
strong 1 2
  moderate 11 8
weak 23 35
absent
65 55
discussion of dynamics/orchestration
strong 5 0
  moderate 20 16
weak 30 19
absent 45 65
indications of personal response/engagement
strong 1 0
  moderate 29 17
weak 36 37
absent 34 46
overall evidence of ability to discuss music
strong 0 2
  quite strong 15 18
moderate 34 23
weak 51 57

Now let’s listen to the second piece.
Whakarongo ki te waiata tuarua.

Click the Play button and listen to song 2.

       3. That piece was called Te Papa. Try to describe the music to me.
            Tell me about things like the kinds of sounds, the instruments, rhythms and anything else you noticed.
            Ko Te Papa tënä waiata. Hömai he körero mö taua waiata. He aha ngä momo oro,
            ngä whakatangitangi, ngä üngeri me ëtahi atu mea i rongo koe?

       4. Tell me some things about the piece that you thought were specially interesting.
           Körerohia mai, öu whakaaro mö ngä mea whakamere o te puoro.

   
discussion of instrumentation
strong 7 13
  moderate 45 50
weak 42 33
absent 6 4
discussion of rhythmic elements
strong 2 2
  moderate 14 10
weak 20 23
absent 64 65
discussion of dynamics/orchestration
strong 0 2
  moderate 11 15
weak 32 14
absent 57 69
indications of personal response/engagement
strong 6 0
  moderate 27 27
weak 38 33
absent 29 40
overall evidence of ability to discuss music
strong
2 6
  quite strong
13 15
moderate
40 27
weak
45 52
Commentary:
The results achieved by Mäori students in general education (GEd) and Mäori immersion (MI) settings were not statistically significantly different.
 
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