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Hoe a te vaka

Instructional audio includes:
• Tahitian Rhythms Beginner
• Tahitian Rhythms Advanced

Student Pages include:
• Article on Music and Drumming of Tahiti
• Songsheet

This song is used in Grade 4, Lesson 2.

This song is used in Grade 5, Lesson 7.


Key
  • G
Time Signature
  • 4/4
Theme
  • Dreams and Hopes
  • Social Emotional Learning (SEL)
Origin/Source
  • Tahiti
Style
  • Traditional
Articulation
  • Tie
Tempo
  • Moderato
Dynamics
  • Mezzo Forte
Form
  • Coda
  • Dal Segno
  • First and Second Endings
  • Interlude
  • Introduction
  • Repeat Signs
Voicing
  • Unison w/opt. Harmony
Language
  • English
  • Tahitian
Rhythm
  • Eighth Rest
  • Eighth-Quarter-Eighth Notes/Syncopa
Meter
  • Quadruple
  • Simple
Grade Range
  • 4+
See More

Fourth Grade
Lesson 2: Let's Play the Tri-pl-et
Fifth Grade
Lesson 7: Better When I’m Dancin’ with More Meters

Tahitian Folk Song
Arranged by John Higgins

Copyright © 2005 by Hal Leonard Corporation
International Copyright Secured All Rights Reserved

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