Re: lai-lai-lai....

[Jordan Hirsch <trombaedu...>]

on 10/7/02 7:08 AM, Dan Jacobs at dan (at) caliginous(dot)com wrote:

> 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
Well, lets put it this was. Fa la la la la is probably out.

JH 

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