[HANASHIR:5698] Re: Trope question

[BZcantor <BZcantor...>]

In a message dated 04/04/2000 5:51:04 PM 
Eastern Daylight Time, RuthEllen (at) ibm(dot)net writes:

>  How do I chant a mercha followed by a pashta?  
>  Do I just sing the mercha like I would in 'mercha 
>  tipcha etnachta'  or is  there a special way to do this?  
>  The whole phrase is 'mercha pashta munach katon'

Not like the Etnachta clause.  Rather, use the 
same note as the beginning of the Pashta.  
I tell my kids that a situation like that is similar 
to singing "Pa-Pa-Pash-ta".  This works for both 
Torah and Haftara, and probably the rest too.

On the other hand, there is a special melody for 
Mercha before Tevir.  It outlines the first, top, and
last notes of the Darga melody, in all musical
systems, (Haftara, Torah, Esther, ...)

            Cantor Neil Schwartz

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