[HANASHIR:10454] Re: in general--accents

[FAVNI <FAVNI...>]

Bravo!!! I totally agree about writing songs or teaching songs that respect 
the pronunciation of Hebrew as Hebrew -there are of course the exceptions of 
Chaim Nachman Bialik or those writers/poets who purposely used the Ashkenazic 
form. It has been a pet peeve of mine for 30 years. In 1970 I had to pass a 
VAD in Israel in order to record for Kol Yisrael - and studied voice and 
diction there. When I sing Hebrew I am believable!
Articulation is really important and we are doing a great disservice when we 
dismiss the proper pronunciation for the sake of a rhyme.
That was one of the things that I also had to focus on in writing songs for 
A.R.E.(Z"Man LaShir: Time to Sing Hebrew) that not only taught a core oral 
Hebrew vocabulary, but the notes and syllables corresponded instantly to 
clear Hebrew whether spoken or sung. As well, when I worked as Music Producer 
for the Tal Sela Hebrew Language Arts curriculum (26 cassettes) teaching 
Hebrew through Hebrew for the day school population, I had rigorous 
guidelines from the master teachers of Hebrew. That programme is one of the 
most successful ones out there (Covenant award-winning) 
Fran Avni
favni (at) aol(dot)com

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