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)