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Nâ Hua `ôlelo Puolo / Music Words |
Sources:
Mâmaka Kaiao, He Puke Hua`Ôlelo Hawai`i Hou, Hale Kuamo`o (The Hawaiian
Language Center, UH, Hilo)-Kikowaena `Ôlelo Hawai`i-`Aha Pûnana Leo, Hilo,1996.
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puolo |
music |
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mea ho`okani pila |
musician, especially one who plays Hawaiian music |
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pila |
any stringed instrument |
From the English, fiddle. |
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pila ho`okani |
instrumental music |
ho`okani = to make sound |
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ho`okani, ho`okani pila |
to play music |
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Kani ka pila! |
Play music! |
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General Music Terminology |
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hô`ailona mele |
clef |
hô`ailona = symbol |
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bass clef |
leo kâne = male voice |
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treble clef |
leo wahine = female voice |
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kî |
key, pitch; to tune |
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tonic, keynote |
Lit., leading key |
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pitch |
ki`ina = voice intonation |
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high pitch |
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low pitch |
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kîho`oikaika |
staccato mark (dot or wedge) over a note |
ikaika = strong |
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kô huamele |
duration |
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kî hô`alu |
slack key (the first and last strings of theguitar are tuned to D, instead of E; the strings are picked individually and not chorded). |
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hui, mele hui |
chorus (of a song) |
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pana o ka mele |
rhythm, beat |
pana = heartbeat, pulse |
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pâ |
beat, rhythm, as of a dance or instrument; thump of a gourd down on a pad, with one quick slap of the fingers as the gourd is raised. |
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The sweet sound of a violin reached here. |
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pâleoleo |
rap music |
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Nâ Huamele / Notes |
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huamele |
musical note
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line note |
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whole note
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half note
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quarter note
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eighth note
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sixteenth note
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thirty-second note
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sharp
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flat
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Alapi`i Mele, Pâkôlî / Musical Scale |
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pâ |
kô |
lî |
hâ |
nô |
lâ |
mî |
pâ |
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do |
re |
mi |
fa |
so |
la |
ti |
do |
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Nâ Lele / Intervals |
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lele |
interval, the difference in pitch between two tones, always followed by a number from one to six, especially lele kolu, and interval of a third, as from C to E, or lele lima, an interval of a fifth. Minor intervals are followed by hapa, as lele kolu hapa, an interval of a minor third. Lele may also be followed by pâ- and a number, to skip that number of notes. |
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kanihapa |
half-step interval in music, a minor second. |
kani = sound hapa = part |
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kanipiha |
whole step interval in music, a major second. |
kani = sound piha = full |
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Nâ Hua Mâhoe / Chords |
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hua mâhoe, he mau hua mâhoe |
chord, chords |
hua = note mâhoe = twins |
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major chord |
mêkia = major (English) |
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minor chord |
mâina = minor (English) |
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sixth chord |
`eono = sixth |
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seventh chord |
`ehiku = seventh |
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ninth chord |
`eiwa = ninth |
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Band Terminology |
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pâna puhi `ohe , hui puhi `ohe |
band (of wind instruments) |
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bandstand |
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band leader / master |
alaka`i = leader |
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band master’s baton |
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Click here for a listing of musical instruments. |
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