Pokarekare Ana

This beautiful New Zealand Maori love song is great for:

• Teaching musical appreciation for beautiful, long, sustained notes. (We don't always have to be in a hurry!)
• Working with keeping a steady, settled beat when singing long notes.
• Teaching the rhythmic element 'ties'.
• Preparing and practising the melodic element 'ti'. (In the context of ascending and descending steps.)
• Singing and identifying melodic leaps, e.g. Perfect 4ths, Perfect 5ths, and Major 6ths.