Music of the Cook Islands
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| Polynesian music |
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| Easter Island |
| Fiji |
| French Polynesia: Marquesas and Tahiti |
| Hawaii |
| New Zealand: Cook Islands - Maori - Niue - Tokelau |
| Samoa |
| Tonga |
| Tuvalu |
| Wallis and Futuna |
In the Cook Islands, Christian music is extremely popular. Imene tuki and imene metua are forms of unaccompanied vocal music known for a uniquely Polynesian drop in pitch at the end of the phrases, as well as staccato rhythmic outbursts of nonsensical syllables (tuki).
Harmony-singing church music and a wide variety of hymns and wedding and funeral music are found throughout the Cook Islands. There is much variation across the region, and each island has its own traditional songs.
The Cook Islands drumming style is well-known internationally, but is often misidentified as an example of Tahitian music [1] (http://www.ck/culture.htm).
References
- Linkels, Ad. "The Real Music of Paradise". 2000. In Broughton, Simon and Ellingham, Mark with McConnachie, James and Duane, Orla (Ed.), World Music, Vol. 2: Latin & North America, Caribbean, India, Asia and Pacific, pp 218-229. Rough Guides Ltd, Penguin Books. ISBN 1-85828-636-0