Music in New Zealand

In similarity to the other countries on this globe New Ze

aland has a folk genre, and it's called Mâori music. Earlier Mâori singing was "micro-tonal", with a melodic line that did not stray far from a central note. Instruments they used was a variety of blown, struck and twirled instruments. The Mâori music has evolved alot since the early 20th century and today the genre is more equal to the

music overseas. Here's a fun fact; New Zealand has more pipebands than Scotland! You'd never think so, but bagpipes are a big part of the musical tradition in New Zealand.

A pipeband from New Zealand

Of course, the people of New Zealand doesn't sit and listen

to the Mâori music all day long. They have pretty much the same music around them as us, with the radio, tv and all. New Zealand's first pop song was "Blue Smoke",written in the 1940's by Ruru Karatiana. Today the pop music in New Zealand is dominated with electropop, for example Zowie, Kids of 88 and Ruby Frost. The Rock scene in NZ started back in the 1960's when the british invasion started, the times when The Beatles and such influenced the world. Research has shown that Rock and Hip-Hop is the two most popular music genres in New Zealand, similiar to many other countries.

The very popular, now a days, singer Ruby Frost

- Andrea