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!

1. Mercha tipcha, munach etnachta.

2. Tipcha, munach etnachta.

3. Mercha tipcha, etnachta.

4. Tipcha, etnachta.

5. Mercha tipcha, mercha sof-pasuk.

5a (Israeli) Mercha tipcha, mercha sof-pasuk.

6. Tipcha, mercha sof-pasuk.

6a (Israeli) Tipcha, mercha sof-pasuk.

7. Mercha tipcha, sof-pasuk.

7a (Israeli) Mercha tipcha, sof-pasuk.

8. Tipcha, sof-pasuk.

8a (Israeli) Tipcha, sof-pasuk.

9. Kadma mapach pashta, munach katon.

10. Mapach pashta, munach katon.

11. Mapach pashta, katon.

12. Pashta, munach katon.

13. Pashta, katon.

14. Munach mapach pashta, munach katon.

15. Kadma v'azla.

15a (Israeli) Kadma v'azla.

16. Geresh.

17. Munach, munach r'vi'i.

18. Munach r'vi'i.

19. R'vi'i.

20. Gershayim.

21. Darga (remember - this is a ta'am m'chaber - no breathing after it!)

21a. Darga munach r'vi'i

22. T'vir.

23. Darga t'vir.

24. Mercha t'vir.

25. Kadma darga t'vir

26. Kadma mercha 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.

28. Munach t'lisha-g'dola.

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

30. Munach pazer.

31. Zakef gadol.

32. Y'tiv, munach katon.

33. Y'tiv, katon.

34. Munach zarka, munach segol.

35. Munach zarka, segol.

36. Zarka, munach segol.

37. Zarka, segol.

38. Shalshelet.

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).

40. Yerach-ben-yomo karnei-farah

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:

a) Mercha tipcha, mercha sof pasuk

Israeli - Mercha tipcha, mercha sof-pasuk.

b) Tipcha, mercha sof pasuk

Israeli - Tipcha, mercha sof-pasuk.

c) Tipcha, sof pasuk

Israeli - Tipcha, sof-pasuk.

d) Mercha tipcha, sof pasuk

Israeli -Mercha tipcha, sof-pasuk.