[HANASHIR:2079] Re: LearningTorah chanting

[Peter Kurtz Family <kurtzpx...>]

I am a lay Torah chanter as well as a volunteer choir member, and the
methods already described on the list are the right ones.  I might add that
not every Tikkun agrees with every other one as to the exact Tropes, so you
might want to have more than one Tikkun.  My specialty has evolved into
being responsible for the "Akedat Yitchak" chanting for the single Rosh
HaShanah service done at Temple Emanuel, Kensington, Maryland, although I
can chant regular portions as well.  I would strongly recommend against ever
trying to memorize any Torah portion, since one slip during the chanting and
you're in real big trouble.  I successfully coached the younger two of my
four children through their respective bar/bat mitzvah chantings, both the
Torah and the Haftorah.  It was a neat lifetime experience.

Peter Kurtz
Bethesda, Maryland


-----Original Message-----
From: Susan Schanerman <sschanerman(dot)dvh (at) tuhsd(dot)k12(dot)az(dot)us>
To: hanashir <hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org>
Date: Monday, January 04, 1999 1:57 PM
Subject: [HANASHIR:2074] Torah chant


>Just curious - do those of you laypeople who chant Torah at your
>synagogues do so directly from the Torah (no trope signs)?  I am kind of
>interested in learning Torah trope - but I can't imagine getting good
>enough to chant it without the symbols.  Do some Torah chanters use a
>chumash when they go up to the bimah?
>
>Susan
>
>