ki te wahi i raro nei, a ka whakahoki i te pātai i muri i roto i te reo ano rite te wahi: Passage: I te maha, me te rerekē o ngā huānga me ngā kāhua o te waiata "tino maha whakamārama ora [o waiata] herea tatou ki tauira stylistic motuhake, a he ratou rawa motuhake. " Paul Narveson kī i roto i 1984 e neke atu i te toru-wha o ngā kaupapa waiata i kore i i i tūhura tino. Ko nga waiata i roto i te nuinga o te waiata Pākehā i tuhituhia i mua i te rau tau 20, me te waiata rongonui puta noa i te rau tau 20, whakaahuatia "tūmau, me te ngāwari kitea auau tauira", hoki mai "tino, maha wā, i runga i ngā taumata hanganga katoa" me "te hokinga o te roa me ngā tauira o te roa".Melodies i roto i te rau tau 20 whakamahia "he rauemi nui ake o te momo pitch i te mea i [i] te tikanga i roto i tetahi atu wā hītori o te waiata Western". Ahakoa i whakamahia tonu te tauine diatonic, i whakamahia te tauine diatonic, "te
te roa, te pitch, me te kounga (timbre), te kakano, me te nui