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Israeli folksongs
… These include the fact that many are written in minor scales, are easy to sing and melodic, have similar subject …
Ner Haviv, Ner Na'eh
… introduces in his performance. The choice of this specific scale is well-suited to Hannukkah, because in the Jerusalem Sephardic tradition this scale is considered to have an air of rejoicing and …
‘I’m Sorry, It’s Yom Kippur’: Atonement through Punk (and Traditional Jewish Music)
… same couplets with each couplet going from I (in a minor scale) to V. Each of the song's lines consists of an apology … the line summarizes many of the song's, and on a broader scale, the band's themes that connect between Jewish …
Nuestro Señor Eloheinu/Las tablas de la Ley: A Song for Shavuot
… common thread between these two variants of a flatted third scale degree (A-flat), which as a stand-alone case could be … variants above, but without the use of the flatted third scale degree. This example, due to its simplicity, is …

Terkish (LKT)
… the source of the basic melody. He explores three D scales, shifting with each new section... This rhythm is the …
The Fall of Jerusalem in Song: The Ashkenazi Melody She’eh ne’esar
… that are gloomier and more dense”] minor and Shtejger -scales.” These stereotypes of Eastern Ashkenazi liturgical … minor mode. Moreover, the different opening of an ascending scale from 1 to 5 instead of the more chordal openings of …
Mi-al har horev from the manuscripts of Obadiah the Proselyte
… the note F (fa) which is the fourth note in the C major scale, or finally as C (do, indicating a basic C-clef). To …
65. El baile de los falsos (Sida Musafija)
… hasta la tomba. Me sos dusmán, serás pismán. Abajando la escalera, por darme buena sera, me tomó por la mano, me …

Taksim (LKT)
… (a type of free improvised form which has a great deal of scale and other passage-work which embellished the main …
El Incendio de Saloniki: The Song of the Fire
… occurred on August 18, 1917. Especially destructive in scale, the fire came as a great blow to the Jewish community … communal school, had stood before the fire. Today, the upscale Electra Palace hotel sits in the heart of the city … the dominant, ascending upward to the 7th (minor) or octave scale degree (depending on the version) and concluding on …