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Re: krekhtsn
- From: Kame'a Media <media...>
- Subject: Re: krekhtsn
- Date: Thu 06 Apr 2000 12.21 (GMT)
Hi Michal:
Yiddish speakers understand "krekhtsn' means "to groan"
"kneytshn" means "to fold" or "to bend"
and (non-musically) "tshoks" relates to "clink"-ing.
Can someone explain --in layperson's language--
what these terms mean to a singer or instrumentalist?
Thank you.
Wolf
borzykowski wrote:
> Dear Lucy,
> AFAIK,
> > krekhtsn
> > tshoks
> > kneytshn
> all three mean kinds of ornamentations in cantorial and klezmer
> music
>
> Michal
>
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