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| How to Make Hawaiian Musical Instruments - A Step-by-Step-Guide: Hawaii has a rich musical heritage that is carried on in the rhythmic beat of the ipu and resonant pounding of pahu drums at hula performances throughout the Islands. While many of the musical instruments that accompany hula today can be traced back to early Polynesian roots, others, like the ipu heke gourd drum, ipu hokiokio gourd nose flute and uliuli rattle, are considered to be uniquely Hawaiian, found nowhere else in the world. In the past, the only written information available on making Hawaiian musical instruments lay in the dusty notes of early anthropologists. |
Now, for the first time, the manufacturing processes of eighteen traditional
Hawaiian musical instruments are documented with carefully researched
instructions and step-by-step color photographs in an easy-to-follow
craft guide. |
The ipu hula gourd drum is made from a single gourd. It is slapped with
the palm of the hand as well as tapped with the fingers. In some dances,
it is also thumped on the ground. |
| The
ipu heke gourd drum is made from two large gourds. Detailed instructions
show you how. |
You'll
learn how to make two styles of uli uli gourd rattles. |
Historical rattles from museum collections offer ideas and inspiration. |
Bring the past to life, by making instruments used in old Hawaii. |
Study different lashings for the puniu and the pahu drums. |
See how easy it is to carve a beautiful pahu drum from Coconut or Washington
palm. |
You'll even make your own gourd nose flutes: the ohe hano ihu from bamboo
and the ipu hokiokio from a small gourd. |
| How to Make Hawaiian Musical Instruments: A Step-by-Step Guide by Jim Widess. 81 pages containing over 450 full color step-by-step photographs. #22501 - $14.95 (softcover) |
| About the Author: Jim Widess has been providing classes in gourd crafting and basketry for more than twenty years. He is the owner of The Caning Shop in Berkeley, California, and co-author of The Caner's Handbook, Making Gourd Musical Instruments, and The Complete Book of Gourd Craft. His most recent books include Gourd Pyrography and Making Hawaiian Ribbon Leis, which is the second in a series of Hawaiian arts and crafts books by Widess and Mutual publishing. |