[HANASHIR:5303] Re: kadma and change

[Joel Siegel <siegeljd...>]

Oops... come to think of it, I think we both mean "do-mi" for the Qadma,
which leaves us with the following (treating the end of sof pasuq as
"Do"):

    Qadma - Mapach  -  Pashta
    Do-mi    Mi-Mi-do   Do-sol-fa

... and I'd sing mapach mi-mi-sol-do (sol being the sol below do) and then
Pashta as Do-sol or possibly Do-La-Sol, but that may be just variations on
the system.

BZcantor (at) aol(dot)com wrote:

> 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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