> On Tue, 19 Feb 2002 04:29:56 -0800 Jesse Raccio
> <jraja0722@...>
> writes:
> > To answer you question,
> > The torah trope is a system of symbols placed
> above
> > or below the hebrew letters to guide in the
> > cantilation of the torah. Each symbol represents
> a
> > musical pattern. It is quite useful and fairly
> user
> > friendly in general as well as begin fairly easy
> to
> > learn. It is what gave me the inspiration for
> > tackling this conlang.
> > This is a great site for learning about it, if you
> > want to check it out:
> >
http://www.bible.ort.org/books/cant4.asp
> > Same site but a link to the singing of Genesis 1:
> >
http://www.bible.ort.org/books/torahd5.asp
> -
>
> Wow... what a great website... i didn't look through
> the whole thing, but
> i guess it has the entire Torah (and maybe all the
> Haftara-portions from
> the Prophets too) in soundfiles to teach the
> cantillation... My only
> problem with it is that it only teaches one style of
> chant; each Jewish
> subculture has its own realization of the
> ta`amim/trop, and the website
> seems to only be interested in teaching Eastern
> Ashkenaz style. There
> are also always differences between individuals of
> different musical
> skill levels.
>
>
> -Stephen (Steg), who wants to learn Aram Soba
> (Syrian) style
> "mew hast meep get frog and a smelly sock!"