Re: lai-lai-lai....

[Dan Jacobs <dan...>]

or nai nai nai?  Good question.  personally I sing whatever 'takes me' at
the time but I'm interested in the origins of these different pratices.

Dan

On Mon, 7 Oct 2002, Bob Wiener wrote:

> My wife and I disagree over how to sing Shmuel Brazil's "Shalom Aleichem" as
> a wordless nigun.  She opts for Sam's version.  I much prefer to sing it as
> a "ya-da-dai-dai-dai-ya-da-dai-dai-dai-dai" nigun.  What do others think --
> of this tune or in general?  Is there a standard practice for singing
> nigunim among different Hassidic groups?  For nigunim of different moods or
> tempos?
>
> Bob
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Judith R Cohen" <judithc (at) YorkU(dot)CA>
> To: "World music from a Jewish slant" <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
> Sent: Monday, October 07, 2002 6:11 AM
> Subject: lai-lai-lai....
>
>
> > thanks Sam! finally, we have an infallible system for identifying
> > nigunim without having recourse to the melody!! ;)   Judith
> >
> > > maybe.  The first line is
> > > lai-lai-lai-lai-lai-lai-lai-lai-lai-lai-lai-lai-lai-lai.
>
>
>
>

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