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RE: Music Notation

fields (at) zip(dot)eecs(dot)umich(dot)edu (Matthew Fields) writes

>In article <199302081627(dot)AA18677 (at) well(dot)sf(dot)ca(dot)us> 
><jewish-music (at) israel(dot)nysernet(dot)org> writes:
>>Although the Hebrew notation under the notes is awkward i guess we should be
>>thankful some hebrewcentrist didn't decide to write the music right to left
>>so the words would fit better!

>Aw, too bad, I wish they had decided to try this!  I think musicians could use
>the mental stimulation, and besides, music makes more sense when you read
>it in retrograde than Hebrew does in mixed direction, at least to musicians
>who read music all the time.

Come on, now. How many of us actually read the words while singing ?
It would seem to me that the words below the music only serve as clues.
And isn't there always provided the Hebrew text in normal form beside
the music ?

regards

Hannu

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