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 $ound City 2000, Inc.: World Music Catalog
MUSIC OF POLYNESIA, VOL 2 (TUAMOTU/AUSTRAL ISLANDS (JVC)
MUSIC OF POLYNESIA, VOL 1 (TAHITI/SOCIETY ISLANDS) (JVC)
MUSIC OF POLYNESIA, VOL 1 (TAHITI/SOCIETY ISLANDS) (JVC CLASS)
www.soundcity2000.com /world/T0161.HTML   (144 words)

  
 $ound City 2000, Inc.: World Music Catalog
MUSIC OF POLYNESIA, VOL 2 (TUAMOTU/AUSTRAL ISLANDS (JVC)
MUSIC OF POLYNESIA, VOL 1 (TAHITI/SOCIETY ISLANDS) (JVC)
www.soundcity2000.com /world/T0161.HTML   (144 words)

  
 Oceania Project: French Polynesia
The high islands of the Society and Austral groups, which have volcanic peaks, are heavily eroded and frequently marked by deep valleys.
Tuamotu archipelago, occupying the largest region of French Polynesia, is located to the east of the Society Islands and consists of eighty atolls.
With the exception of the Marquesas and the northernmost islands of Tuamotu, the climate of French Polynesia is equatorial with lots of rain.
www.eirelink.com /classweb/frpolyn.htm   (2360 words)

  
 Ethnic & World Music - Newsletter 133 - Denzil Dennis -> Various Artists
Himene tarava, from the Austral and Society Islands (incl.
Tahiti) has a strong rhythmic element, enunciated by countersinging /yodeling/ falsetto and gutteral vocal techniques (which were "sanitized" out of the music on some western releases such as "Tahitian Choir") and has such a strong tonal center that it sounds as if it were constantly climaxing.
Pacific Chants - Polynesian Himene - The "Singing Reel"
www.rootsandrhythm.com /roots/NEWSLETTER133/newsletter133_ethnic_1.htm   (1926 words)

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