[HANASHIR:5302] Re: kadma and change

[BZcantor <BZcantor...>]

In a message dated 02/21/2000 8:25:56 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
siegeljd (at) earthlink(dot)net writes:

>> there is a difference between simplifying and changing
>> the actual function of a trope. Kadma, as it's name implies 
>> (beginning)is a "starting off" trope. Musically, (V - I or sol - do) 
>> it brings one naturally into the mahpach.
>  
>  i always conceived as mahpach as do-fa (same interval, 
>  different scale/mode i suppose.)  is there an answer as to 
>  which is "right" (at risk of stepping into yet another quagmire)?

It depends on whether you conceive of the "Do" in Haftarah trope
to be at the bottom of the melody for Sof Pasuk or at the "middle"
which is the resting point for several trope melodies.  Personally,
I use the "Do" at the bottom, which yields this melody line:

    Kadma - Mapach  -  Pashta  
    Do-fa    Fa-fa-do   Do-sol-fa

                                Cantor Neil Schwartz

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