Te Vaka 

Duration (the lengths of sounds and silences in music, beat, pulse, tempo, rhythm, pattern, note values) - 

It is quite a fast song, played around 140bpm (vivace), and played in 4/4. It begins with long note values, then progresses to short note values, giving it a fast, upbeat feeling. The drums play a fast beat in the background, in the call and response, the boys have generally longer note values than the females. Also, in the verse, they generally have longer note values, then in a chorus, it has shorter note values, and overall the song is quite syncopated. 

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Pitch (how high or low a sound is, definite, indefinite, tonality, key, high, low, chords, register, melody, harmony) - 

Played in a major tonality, "Pate Pate" has a large range of pitch, as there are many singers. There is a tenor part sung by the males and a an alto and soprano part sung by the females.The female part, soprano and alto, sing the main melody and harmony, and the male part, the tenors sing a response to what the female parts sing, all on top of a an accompaniment played by traditionally western instruments; the bass guitar, acoustic guitar, and the electric guitar. It has a very repetitive contour, the melody repeating over the verse, pre chorus and chorus. It has quite a smooth contour in the verse, and has quite a steep and changing contour in the pre chorus and chorus, especially when they sing "pate pate" or when they are chanting

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Texture (how the melodic, rhythmic and harmonic materials are combined, layers, density, accompaniment, melody, chords, homophony, polyphony, monophony) - 

Pate Pate is homophonic, however, towards the end of the song, it almost feels as if it is polyphonic as there is a very tight call and response with the two parts, of soprano/alto and tenor. It however, isn't a full melodic line, only some accented notes in rests, making it a homophonic piece. It starts off A Capella, then is joined by drums, and ukulele, and slowly, the guitars and bass join in. It starts off quite thin and slowly becomes denser and denser, as more harmonies are added. The accompaniment is comprised mainly of string and percussion instruments. 

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Dynamics and Expressive Techniques (volume and musical detail in music, volume, articulation, stylistic indications, extended techniques) - 

- A capella

- speaching

- voices as accompaniment

- chanting

Overall, the volume doesn't change much, only at the start does it feel a bit softer than the rest of the song, but other than that, its almost constant volume the whole way through. 

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Tone colour (the characteristics and quality of a voice or instrument, timbre, sound quality, musical effects, sound sources, techniques)- 

The singers sound slightly reedy, and overall the song has a very bright and tropical feeling to it. It sounds very warm and rounded, especially the drums and the bass, which corresponds with the song meaning.

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Structure (the organisation of the music, form, sections, contrast, binary, ternary, unity, verse, chorus, coda)- 

 

(tu la ki luga ke fai malama

taimi tenei e fai na hiva

tu la ki luga ke fai malama

lue lue malie te gali o na hiva

 

aue aue

tama mimita

aue aue

teine mimita

aue aue

hihiva mimita

aue aue

 

kikila mai la fakaakiali atu

 

e a mai tau faiva e a mai

taku ika e fofou ai au

e a mai tau faiva e a mai

 

hihiva ki luga hihiva mai ve

hihiva malie ki te pate pate

 

chant:

hiva ki luga hiva ki lalo

hiva malie ki te pate pate ) x3 

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