Kāʻekeʻeke
The kāʻekeʻeke , also ahupahu , is a bamboo- made rammer that is usually used in pairs in Hawaiian music to accompany the rhythm of traditional chants or hula dances.
Design and style of play
The pipe of the bamboo genus Schizostachyum, used as a musical instrument, belongs to the idiophonic serve in terms of instruments ; it is used in different lengths from about 30 to 150 centimeters. The lower side, which is used to hit the solid floor or a mat to produce sound, is closed by a cloth, usually tapa . This protects against rapid wear and tear and contamination.
The game is played in a sitting or standing position with a kāʻekeʻeke in each hand. The longer the pipe, the deeper the sound produced. When standing, the body is simply moved back and forth rhythmically without performing the specific hula steps. To be able to play harmonies, you need several instruments of different lengths that are combined with one another.
range
With the spread of traditional Hawaiian music by Winona projectors, the following length-tone ratios are now established:
- f - 50 cm
- e - 53.3 cm
- d - 60.3 cm
- c - 66 cm, etc.
literature
- Curt Sachs : Real dictionary of musical instruments and at the same time polyglossary for the entire field of instruments . Berlin 1913
- Nathaniel B. Emerson: Unwritten Literature of Hawaii . Washington 1909, p. 122: XVII.-The Hula Ka-eke-eke.
Web links
- Hawaiian Chant, Hula, and Music. (PDF; 4.5 MB) Smithsonian Folkways, FW 08750. Booklet accompanying the LP from 1962
- Ka'eke'eke private homepage (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ ka'eke'eke in Hawaiian Dictionaries
- ↑ Entertainer and cultural leader Winona Beamer dies. In: Hawaii Magazine . (English)
- ↑ Kalani N. Po'omaihealani: Nā Mea Ha'a Pa'ahana - Hula Instruments , accessed on November 2, 2011 (English)