[HANASHIR:6530] Re: Shireinu

[Meris Ruzow <meris...>]

Thanks for the info Adrian.  I didn't even know that Shireinu was a
compilation of most of the songs we already know.   Guess that's what so
great about this list!   Thanks for the detailed answer.
Meris Ruzow
-----Original Message-----
From: Adrian Durlester <durleste (at) home(dot)com>
To: hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org <hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org>
Date: Sunday, July 16, 2000 2:19 PM
Subject: [HANASHIR:6528] Re: Shireinu


>We'll need someone who owns the new version to answer. I do not own a copy
>of the Shireinu chordster, and perhaps was led to misunderstand that it was
>in lead-sheet format-which means that it did have music. Apparently it does
>not. I should have figured that out from its low price.
>
>Manginot, however, does have music in lead sheet format. Thus Transcon IS
>providing synagogues with a source of music which does provide melody lines
>for many of the most used songs. In addition, Tara and Soundswrite both
>carry many sources of printed music.
>
>The Shireinu Chordster and its predecessor, the NFTY Chordster, were
>designed for people who already know the melodies. While everyone can't
know
>everything, I would hope (and this is one reason I think certification of
>synagogue musicians and songleaders is a GOOD idea) that anyone considering
>themselves a qualified Jewish songleader would have a passing familiarity
>with most of the songs in Shireinu. These songs were not picked at random.
>Same is true of Manginot. Shireinu is a tool for those who already have
some
>experience and repertoire knowledge. There's nothing wrong with providing
>tools for the experienced among us. And I agree that there is a need for
>full lead sheets. But I suspect almost every piece of music in Shireinu is
>available in that format (and the info for Shireinu Chordster claims it
>lists all those sources) and it would be extremely cost prohibitive for
>Transcon to produce Shireinu in such a format. It's amazing Manginot is as
>cheap as it is. Professional musicians can pay hundreds, even thousands of
>dollars for fake books that contain lead sheets - both legal and illegal
>ones. I don't imagine many synagogues or Jewish songleaders would be
willing
>to cough up the cost of such a tome, were Shireinu to be published in a
lead
>sheet format. But, perhaps some machers out there are willing to underwrite
>the cost to make it affordable?
>
>Adrian
>
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