source file: m1570.txt Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 23:11:53 -0500 (EST) Subject: Re: Jewish music From: Johnny Reinhard Every 13-year old boy singing the haftorah for his Bar Mitzvah chants. There are added symbols placed above the text to influence the reading. They are somewhat like Indian gamulkas, more like shapes of sound than pitches. It's many years since I learned them and performed. I barely remember them. Johnny Reinhard Director American Festival of Microtonal Music 318 East 70th Street, Suite 5FW New York, New York 10021 USA (212)517-3550/fax (212) 517-5495 reinhard@idt.net http://www.echonyc.com/~jhhl/AFMM