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A Moroccan Synagogue Service
… melodies with fixed meter with various permutations of melodic and rhythmic formations in-between these two … rather slow tempo gradually accelerates (2:04, 3:19). This melodic and rhythmic formula is identical to the one used to … are intoned by the entire congregation with a special melodic formula spanning a perfect fourth, in a call and …
Beregovski Collection - Nign no. 3
… repertoire from Western Ukraine: Slow development of the melodic contour. From the three sections that compose this … the highest pitches in the whole piece. This rhythmic-melodic peak appears in the middle of the third section out … to Ashkenazi prayer [2] . Preference for overall upward melodic movement: the ascent from the subtonic to the tonic, …
Elohim hashivenu: A liturgical insertion for the High Holidays in Salamone Rossi's version in Italy and beyond
… at a common source: flexible beat; four-phrase structure; melodic contour ascending to the fifth degree on “hashivenu” … Rossi’s possible allegiance to a Christian source. The melodic and contrapuntal qualities of the opening closely …
The Fall of Jerusalem in Song: The Ashkenazi Melody She’eh ne’esar
… its melismatic and recitative character, a looser beat. The melodic movement of B has two parts, the first of which … no. 66). Though similar in its modal minor setting and melodic contour to Sulzer’s, Wodak’s version is rhythmically … and more dense”] minor and Shtejger -scales.” These stereotypes of Eastern Ashkenazi liturgical modality should be …
Yom Yom Odeh: Towards the Biography of a Hebrew Baidaphon Record
… structure of “ Yom Yom Odeh ”, its complex modal and melodic style, Tabbach’s Arabic sounding Hebrew …
Niggun ‘Akedah: A Traditional Melody Concerning the Binding of Isaac
… piyyutim from other liturgical texts, including other types of piyyutim that mention the Binding of Isaac. [7] … we regard the Niggun ‘Akedah as a non-metrical flexible melodic formula which could be adapted to a varying … of the following prayer. In some cases, the transitional melodic line is developed into a bravura on high notes. The …

The Meaning of the Modal Framework in the Singing of Religious Hymns by Christian Arabs in Israel
… in Indian. Modal frameworks are currently considered to be melodic types, but no exact definition exists of these melodic types. Even the various theories do not present a …
El Incendio de Saloniki: The Song of the Fire
… the B portion is repeated, creating a musical form of ABB. Melodic Outline The overall melodic structure, primarily in minor mode, consists of an … Blasco Sánchez and Adela Rubin. Here we see a fairly simple melodic outline, syllabic in nature, ascending and …
“Eli Eliyahu:” The Havdalah Piyyut and its Melodies
… It is possible to distinguish between two branches of melodic traditions associated with this piyyut : the … (D) or the tonic (A) in the other versions. The chromatic melodic movement in the stanzas is similar to that of “Ein …
Four Melodies for Four Questions
… (as most of the Haggadah ) were recited with simple melodic formulae of very narrow range, characteristic of … from Turkey sung by Eliyahu Bonomo (below) exemplifies this type of non-Ashkenazi tunes (NLI, N SA, Y 6812 [originally …