Chapter 4 - Oceania

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Chapter 4 introduces the music and associated cultural activities from Oceania. Oceania is divided into four main areas: Australia, Melanesia, Polynesia, and Micronesia. Representative musical sites are from Australia, Hawaii, and the islands of Kiribati. The Explore More feature boxes introduce the Hawaiian Steel Guitar and Ukulele popular music style.

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Practice Quiz

Videos

For more world music videos, visit the World Music YouTube Channel.

How to Play the Didjeridu: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NfZLiSMmDk
Red Hula: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5JDAp9QIeg
Kiribati in Colorado: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=ILGKWJ1-ztw

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Links and Further Resources

Australia

Book:: Marret, Allan. Songs, Dreamings, and Ghosts: The Wangga of North Australia. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 2005.; http://www.upne.com/0-8195-6617-9.html
Audio:: Maralung, Alan, and Peter Manaberu. Bunggridj-Bunggridj: Wangga Songs:Northern Australia. Smithsonian Folkways: SFW40430, 1993.; http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-worlds-musical-traditions/id81978916
Audio:: Seachnasaigh, Will. Dharpa Songs of the Dreamtime. Lyrichord: LYRCD 7442, 1998.; http://lyrichord.com/dharpasongsofthedreamtime-willseachnasaigh.aspx; http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-didjeridu-dharpa-songs/id56890650
Website:: Music Australia; http://www.musicaustralia.org/apps/MA
Website:: Australian Music Center; http://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/
Internet Keyword Search:: Popular Artists from Australia; Yothu Yindi; Kylie Minogue; Hoodoo Gurus; INXS
Audio:: Spirit of Micronesia. Saydisc: CD-SDL 414, 1995.; http://www.saydisc.com/ (Pacific); http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/spirit-of-micronesia/id423356983
Book:: Abels, Birgit. Sounds of Articulating Identity. Tradition and transition in the music of Palau, Micronesia. Berlin: Logos, 2008.; http://www.logos-verlag.de/cgi-bin/buch/isbn/1866
Book:: Kaeppler, Adrienne. The Pacific Arts of Polynesia and Micronesia. New York: Oxford University Press, 2008.; http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/HistoryWorld/AustralianPacific/
Website:: Jane's Oceania Home Page — Dedicated to music and culture of Oceania; http://www.janeresture.com/index.htm
Website:: New Micronesian Magazine; http://newmicronesian.com/
Internet Keyword Search:: Popular Artists from Micronesia; Ozeky; ReChuuk
Audio:: Hawaiian Drum-Dance Chants: Sounds of Power in Time. Smithsonian Folkways: SF40015, 1989.; http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/hawaiian-drum-dance-chants/id117733099
Video:: Holo Mai Pele: The Epic Hula Myth. Dir. Catherine Tatge. PBS, 2004.; http://www.piccom.org/programs/holo-mai-pele
Website:: Black Pearl Designs — Polynesian Culture; http://blackpearldesigns.net/index.html
Website:: Hawaiian Music and Hula Archives; http://www.huapala.org/
Audio:: Amy Ku'uleialoha Stillman and Daniel Ho. Ikena. Daniel Ho Creations: DHC 80078, 2010.; http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/ikena/id288690522
Book:: Elbert, Samuel H., and Noelani K. Mahoe. Na Mele O Hawai'i Nei: 101 Hawaiian Songs. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1970.; http://www.uhpress.hawaii.edu/
Book:: Stillman, Amy Ku'uleialoha. Sacred Hula: The Historical Hula 'Ala'apapa. Honolulu: Bishop Museum Press, 1998.
Book:: Kaeppler, Adrienne. Hula Pahu: Hawaiian Drum Dances, Volume I: Ha'a and Hula Pahu, Sacred Movements.; Honolulu: Bishop Museum Press, 1993.
Website:: Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Festival; http://www.slackkeyfestival.com/
Internet Keyword Search:: Popular Artists from Polynesia; Daniel Ho; IZ (Israel Ka'ano'i Kamakawiwo'ole); Led Kaapana (Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar and Ukulele)