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Date: Sun, 10 Oct 1999 19:22:37 -0400 (EDT)
From: Russell Hendel <  rhendel@mcs.drexel.edu>
Subject: Re: Source for Laining Tehillim

H Davidson in Volume 1 Number 92 asks:
<  <  Do you know a source through which I can learn how to "lane" Tehilim &
Mishlei according to the Mesora Ta'amim?>  >

This question has appeared on other email groups (eg Mail-Jewish).

One suggestion I once gave was to use the Haftarah nigun and translate the
Tehillim teamim into haftarah nigunim according to the following table

CORRESONDENCE BETWEEN TORAH and TEHILIM NEGUNIM
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TEHILIM NIGUN           TORAH  NIGUN            FORM OF NIGUN
- -------------           -------------           --------------
Ethnachta               Ethnachta               Same form
DChi                    Tipchah                 Same form (different name)
Sof Posook              Sof Posook              Same form
Ravia Mugrash           Zakef Koton             Azlah Geresh+Revii
Mpch Pasthah Mnc Rvia   Mpch Pastha Zakef Koton (Looks like Rvii)
mnch mnch ethnactha     marcha tipchah ethnach


The above correspondence covers 90% of the verses and will enable you to
comfortably read tehillim with a "nice" niggun.

Hope this helps

Russell Jay Hendel; Phd ASA; RJHendel@Juno.Com
Moderator Rashi is Simple; http://www.shamash.org/rashi/

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