… The fourth and fifth melodic interval appear to be characteristic of the group of … of melodies can be termed 'benediction group'. This melody type appears in the Torah cantillation benedictions, the … other Jewish musical traditions. Although previously narrow melodic ranges were considered characteristic of the ancient …

… … Motifs … East … Ashkenazi … Ashkenazim … Idelsohn A.Z. … Melodic type … Melodic structure … Melodic similarity … Comparative …

… (as most of the Haggadah ) were recited with simple melodic formulae of very narrow range, characteristic of … from Turkey sung by Eliyahu Bonomo (below) exemplifies this type of non-Ashkenazi tunes (NLI, N SA, Y 6812 [originally …

Angham min al-Rif (Melodies from the Village), performed by Albert Elias on nay with…

… Spanish Romancero, its ancestral counterpart. Consequently, melodic variants of individual Sephardic romances often show … Four absolute parameters (formal structure, modality, melodic type, and metric organization) and three relative ones …

… expressiveness, and characteristically involve embellished melodic exploration within a particular musical mode … and their canes swinging without stop.  There is a second type of ‘ Shtocktants ’ which is even more acrobatic. The … doina... The third and fourth sections have phrasing and melodic contours like a sirba.”  Phillips 1996a, p. 94 . ( …

… in the last generation, is a clear example of this type of undertaking. It sheds new light on ancient piyyutim …

… This study aims to trace the unique characteristics of a type of music unparalleled in the central-eastern European … features, and spiritual power, emerging from structural, melodic, and rhythmic qualities. These two functions—the … is the detailed description of musical modes, scales, and melodic patterns of nigunim from Galician traditions brought …

Instrumental rendition of the sung Maqam Rast on santur, performed by Khaduri Bassun,…