RE: Vocables in Jewish Music

[Robert Cohen <rlcm17...>]

Ah--but a mamesh real d'vekus niggun (i.e., one of yearning) should have 
some underlying joy to it, and a lebedik (upbeat/joyous) niggun, if it's for 
real, will have a little sadness underneath it--not depressed sadness, but 
the sadness of incompleteness, of never quite getting there, of being in 
love.  To be real, a niggun--like a Jew--should have all the emotions in 
it--Robert Cohen (paraphrasing and telling over the teachings of Shlomo 
Carlebach, z"l)


>From: "Seth" <rogovoy (at) berkshire(dot)net>
>Reply-To: jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org
>To: World music from a Jewish slant <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
>Subject: RE: Vocables in Jewish Music
>Date: Wed, 3 Nov 1999 15:08:32 -0500
>
> >     My question for the original poster of this thread is the nign in
> > question a Devkus nign (no regular rhythm) or a lebedik nign (on
> > that you can
> > pound your fist on the table to)?
>
>the way my rabbi and congregation sing, it's hard to tell.....
>
>;-)
>
>
>--Seth Rogovoy
>
>

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