Monday, December 19, 2011

Haftarah Cantillation

For my students, following is a list, line by line for Haftarah cantillation, as found in Appendix D, pages 83-84 of "The Art of Cantillation - Volume 2", sung in in the same key as the musical notation. For my Israeli students, if there is an Israeli "variation", it is notated below.

In addition, I've separated families of te'amim with a blank line, and placed a comma after te'amim mafsekim, to remind you where the breaks are.



16. Geresh.



- please note that although in the book darga appears on its own, since darga is a ta'am m'chaber that appears only before munach r'vi'i or t'vir, it should be practiced this way and not on its own.
23. T'vir.
28. Munach darga t'vir.
*** Remember, one should practice combining 23-28 with a tipcha clause (2,4,6,8) with the pause being after the tipcha, and not after the t'vir.

30. Munach t'lisha-k'tana (remember - this is a ta'am m'chaber - no breathing after it!)




-mercha kfula only appears in the haftarah of b'ha'alotcha (and hence Chanukah), and so the example recorded is in context.

40. End of aliyah cadences:
a) Mercha tipcha, mercha sof pasuk
b) Tipcha, mercha sof pasuk
c) Tipcha, sof pasuk
d) Mercha tipcha, sof pasuk

Blessings before and after the Haftarah Reading:
- Blessing after the reading (North American Reform Minhag) - will post when someone asks me too...
- Blessing after the reading, Israeli Reform version ( רפורמי ישראלי)
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Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Israeli variations added

Dear readers,

My original post (August 2) of the melodies for Torah cantillation now includes the Israeli variations.

Enjoy!

Cantor Evan
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Monday, August 22, 2011

If you'd like to know the "more correct" version of the blessing after the Torah reading (Eastern European tradition) click below:

Why isn't it the same as the blessing before? Well, according to Professor Cantor Eliyahu Schleifer, the minor melody used in the blessing before was originally supposed to evoke the mourners kaddish, since those with a yahrzeit were given priority for an aliyah. The blessing afterwards however starts in major, echoing the major of ya'mod plonit bat almonit l'aliyah harishona, and then at the chatimah returning to the end of the aliyah motif.

Apparently, sometime in the early 20th century, it was felt too complex (perhaps by bnai mitzvah tutors) to teach two different melodies, so the second melody fell in to disuse by them and eventually got "forgotten". But if you'd like a "get out of jail card" with the nusach police, add the melody to your repertoire!
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Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Torah Cantillation - הטעמים לקריאת התורה

For my students, following is a list, line by line for Torah cantillation, as found in Appendix H of "The Art of Torah Cantillation", sung in in the same key as the musical notation. For my Israeli students, if there is an Israeli "variation", it is notated below.

In addition, I've separated families of te'amim with a blank line, and placed a comma after te'amim mafsekim, to remind you where the breaks are.

Enjoy and b'hatzlacha!


8a (Israeli) Tipcha, sof-pasuk.


15a (Israeli) Kadma v'azla.
16. Geresh.

19. R'vi'i.

20. Gershayim.

21. Darga (remember - this is a ta'am m'chaber - no breathing after it!)
22. T'vir.
27. Munach darga t'vir.
*** Remember, one should practice combining 22-27 with a tipcha clause (2,4,6,8) with the pause being after the tipcha, and not after the t'vir.

29. Munach t'lisha-k'tana (remember - this is a ta'am m'chaber - no breathing after it!)





39. Mercha k'fula (remember this appears only before tipcha, sof-pasuk, so it should always be practiced together with examples 6 & 8, with the breath after tipcha).

Since this appears only once in the Torah (Numbers 35:5), click here to hear it in context, preceded by the r'vi'i clause and followed by t'lisha-k'tana.

41. End of aliyah cadences:
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