source file: m1571.txt
Date: Mon, 2 Nov 1998 03:05:13 -0800

Subject: Re: TD 1570: Jewish music

From: monz@juno.com

Johnny Reinhard wrote:

> 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.

Emphasis mine -- sure sounds like you're talking about
nuemes! (or at least something resembling neumes)

- Joe Monzo
  monz@juno.com
  http://www.ixpres.com/interval/monzo/homepage.html

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