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Nusach (Jewish music), the Glossary

In Judaism, musical nusach refers the musical style or tradition of a community, particularly the chant used for recitative prayers such as the Amidah.^[1]

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Abraham Zevi Idelsohn

Abraham Zevi Idelsohn (אַבְרָהָם צְבִי אידלסון Avrohom Tzvi Idelsohn in Ashkenazi Hebrew; middle name also rendered Tzvi, Zvi, Zwi, or Zebi; June 11, 1882 – August 14, 1938) was a prominent Jewish ethnomusicologist and composer, who conducted several comprehensive studies of Jewish music around the world.

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Amidah

The Amidah (תפילת העמידה, Tefilat HaAmidah, 'The Standing Prayer'), also called the Shemoneh Esreh (שמנה עשרה 'eighteen'), is the central prayer of the Jewish liturgy.

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Arabic maqam

In traditional Arabic music, maqam (maqām, literally "ascent"; مقامات) is the system of melodic modes, which is mainly melodic. Nusach (Jewish music) and Arabic maqam are modes (music).

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Ashkenazi Jews

Ashkenazi Jews (translit,; Ashkenazishe Yidn), also known as Ashkenazic Jews or Ashkenazim, constitute a Jewish diaspora population that emerged in the Holy Roman Empire around the end of the first millennium CE. They traditionally spoke Yiddish and largely migrated towards northern and eastern Europe during the late Middle Ages due to persecution.

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Augmented second

In classical music from Western culture, an augmented second is an interval that, in 12-tone equal temperament, is sonically equivalent to a minor third, spanning three semitones, and is created by widening a major second by a chromatic semitone.

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Dastgāh-e Māhur

Dastgāh-e Māhūr or Dastgaah-e Maahur (دستگاه ماهور; Mahur) is one of the seven ''Dastgāh''s of Persian Music (Classically, Persian Music is organized into seven Dastgāhs and five Āvāzes, however from a merely technical point of view, one can consider them as an ensemble of 12 Dastgāhs).

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Hava Nagila

"Hava Nagila" (הָבָה נָגִילָה, Hāvā Nāgīlā, "Let us rejoice") is a Jewish folk song.

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Hazzan

A hazzan (lit. Hazan) or chazzan (translit, plural; translit; translit) is a Jewish musician or precentor trained in the vocal arts who leads the congregation in songful prayer.

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Hebrew cantillation

Hebrew cantillation, trope, trop, or te'amim is the manner of chanting ritual readings from the Hebrew Bible in synagogue services. Nusach (Jewish music) and Hebrew cantillation are Jewish music.

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High Holy Days

In Judaism, the High Holy Days, also known as High Holidays or Days of Awe (Yamim Noraim; יָמִים נוֹרָאִים, Yāmīm Nōrāʾīm) consist of.

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Jewish prayer

Jewish prayer (תְּפִילָּה,; plural; tfile, plural תּפֿלות; Yinglish: davening from Yiddish דאַוון 'pray') is the prayer recitation that forms part of the observance of Rabbinic Judaism.

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Judaism

Judaism (יַהֲדוּת|translit.

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Kaddish

The Kaddish (קדיש, 'holy' or 'sanctification'), also transliterated as Qaddish or Qadish, is a hymn praising God that is recited during Jewish prayer services.

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Kiddush

Kiddush (קידוש), literally, "sanctification", is a blessing recited over wine or grape juice to sanctify the Shabbat and Jewish holidays.

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Lekha Dodi

Lekha Dodi (לכה דודי) is a Hebrew-language Jewish liturgical song recited Friday at dusk, usually at sundown, in synagogue to welcome the Sabbath prior to the evening services.

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Major scale

The major scale (or Ionian mode) is one of the most commonly used musical scales, especially in Western music. Nusach (Jewish music) and major scale are modes (music).

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Mincha

Mincha (מִנחַה, pronounced as; sometimes spelled Minchah, Minhah or Minchuh) is the afternoon prayer service in Judaism.

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Minor scale

In western classical music theory, the minor scale refers to three scale patterns – the natural minor scale (or Aeolian mode), the harmonic minor scale, and the melodic minor scale (ascending or descending). Nusach (Jewish music) and minor scale are modes (music).

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Mizrahi Jews

Mizrahi Jews (יהודי המִזְרָח), also known as Mizrahim (מִזְרָחִים) or Mizrachi (מִזְרָחִי) and alternatively referred to as Oriental Jews or Edot HaMizrach (עֲדוֹת־הַמִּזְרָח), are terms used in Israeli discourse to refer to a grouping of Jewish communities that lived in the Muslim world.

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Mode (music)

In music theory, the term mode or modus is used in a number of distinct senses, depending on context. Nusach (Jewish music) and mode (music) are modes (music).

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Nusach (Jewish custom)

In Judaism, Nusach (translit, Modern Hebrew pronunciation nusakh, plural (nusaḥim, also nuskhóes)) is the exact text of a prayer service; sometimes the English word "rite" is used to refer to the same thing. Nusach (Jewish music) and Nusach (Jewish custom) are Jewish music.

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Nusach (Jewish music)

In Judaism, musical nusach refers the musical style or tradition of a community, particularly the chant used for recitative prayers such as the Amidah. Nusach (Jewish music) and nusach (Jewish music) are Jewish music and modes (music).

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Obikhod

The Obikhod (Обиход церковного пения) is a collection of polyphonic Russian Orthodox liturgical chants forming a major tradition of Russian liturgical music; it includes both liturgical texts and psalm settings.

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Phrygian dominant scale

In music, the Phrygian dominant scale is the fifth mode of the harmonic minor scale, the fifth being the dominant.

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Psalm 93

Psalm 93 is the 93rd psalm of the Book of Psalms, beginning in English in the King James Version: "The LORD reigneth, he is clothed with majesty".

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Relative key

In music, relative keys are the major and minor scales that have the same key signatures (enharmonically equivalent), meaning that they share all of the same notes but are arranged in a different order of whole steps and half steps.

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Rosh Chodesh

In Judaism, Rosh Chodesh or Rosh Hodesh (trans. Beginning of the Month; lit. Head of the Month) is a minor holiday observed at the beginning of every month in the Hebrew calendar, marked by the birth of a new moon.

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Seven-Faceted Blessing

The Seven-Faceted Blessing (ברכה אחת מעין שבע, berakha aḥat me‘en sheva‘) is a blessing recited in the Jewish liturgy of Friday evenings.

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Shabbat

Shabbat (or; Šabbāṯ) or the Sabbath, also called Shabbos by Ashkenazim, is Judaism's day of rest on the seventh day of the week—i.e., Saturday.

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Shacharit

Shacharit (שַחֲרִית šaḥăriṯ), or Shacharis in Ashkenazi Hebrew, is the morning tefillah (prayer) of Judaism, one of the three daily prayers.

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Shema

Shema Yisrael (Shema Israel or Sh'ma Yisrael; שְׁמַע יִשְׂרָאֵל Šəmaʿ Yīsrāʾēl, "Hear, O Israel") is a Jewish prayer (known as the Shema) that serves as a centerpiece of the morning and evening Jewish prayer services.

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Shofar

A shofar (from) is an ancient musical horn typically made of a ram's horn, used for Jewish religious purposes.

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Siddur

A siddur (סִדּוּר sīddūr,; plural siddurim סִדּוּרִים) is a Jewish prayer book containing a set order of daily prayers.

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Sim Shalom

Sim Shalom (שִׂים שָׁלוֹם; "Grant Peace") is a blessing that is recited at the end of the morning Amidah and the Mincha Amidah during fast days in the Ashkenazic tradition, and on mincha of the Sabbath in the Western Ashkenazic rite and most communities in Israel; during the evening service and the Mincha service of non-fast days (or sabbath according to some traditions), a different version of this prayer, Shalom Rav, is said instead.

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Supertonic

In music, the supertonic is the second degree of a diatonic scale, one whole step above the tonic.

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Sylvan Kalib

Sylvan (Sholom) Kalib (born July 24, 1929, Dallas, Texas) is an American music theorist, musicologist, cantor, conductor, pedagogue and composer.

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Syrian Jews

Syrian Jews (יהודי סוריה Yehudey Surya, الْيَهُود السُّورِيُّون al-Yahūd as-Sūriyyūn, colloquially called SYs in the United States) are Jews who live in the region of the modern state of Syria, and their descendants born outside Syria.

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Three Pilgrimage Festivals

The Three Pilgrimage Festivals or Shalosh Regalim (šāloš rəgālīm, or label), are three major festivals in Judaism—two in spring; Passover, 49 days later Shavuot (literally 'weeks', or Pentecost, from the Greek); and in autumn Sukkot ('tabernacles', 'tents' or 'booths')—when all Israelites who were able were expected to make a pilgrimage to the Temple in Jerusalem as commanded by the Torah.

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nusach_(Jewish_music)

Also known as Adonai malakh, Adonai malakh mode, Jewish Prayer Modes, Nusach (musical).

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