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  • From: Hedrick Gary <GaryH AT cjfm.org>
  • To: Antonio Garcia <garcia.secretariagh.antonio1 AT gmail.com>
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] A new proposal of structure of psalm: cantillation.
  • Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 12:58:55 -0500

Antonio, two things:

1. What, specifically, was your question? It sounds more like you're
presenting a theory.
2. This list requires that you sign each post with, at minimum, your full
name.

Gary Hedrick
San Antonio, TX USA

On Sep 14, 2010, at 12:46 PM, Antonio Garcia wrote:

> Structure of psalms.
>
> My main interest in bible language was the structure of psalm. I´ve made
> one proposal to sing their text with a musical structure, the cantillation.
>
> Basically, if you consider that symbols weren´t vocalized, they could be
> seen as musical signs, and it depends on the pronounce of each singer and
> the way of reading this musical text.
>
> This pentagram must be read by the instructions of each line, we need to
> complete their text , to fill their “absent” letters, to fill the “empty”
> text. I thought that we have a wall, but some pieces where missed, or their
> writer don´t need to repeat words.
>
> I would explain my new reading with one example, the little psalm 123, (I
> wrote in a catolic forum one article, with the same arxives. It´s easy to
> read, and there you have the four images in one only post with a similar
> explanation).
>
> [url=
> http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=98&u=12506989][img]http://i70.servimg.com/u/f70/12/50/69/89/salmo_10.jpg[/img][/url
> ]
>
> In order to complete each column, and each line, we can use similar words
> or
> letters.
>
> [url=http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=99&u=12506989][img]
> http://i70.servimg.com/u/f70/12/50/69/89/salmo_11.jpg[/img][/url<http://i70.servimg.com/u/f70/12/50/69/89/salmo_11.jpg%5b/img%5d%5b/url>
> ]
>
>
>
> Here you have the arxive with all their pieces …., and the result of this
> action:
>
> We have two readings, the first, the ketiv, the original writing text, and
> second, qére. In this pentagram, cantillation people used to sing this
> music in a unusual way, from left to right. That is their third reading,
>
> [url=
> http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=100&u=12506989][img]http://i70.servimg.com/u/f70/12/50/69/89/salmo_12.jpg[/img][/url
> ]
>
> here you have their text.
>
> Now, we have all of musical piece composition, and we can hear the history
> of this women, history of their violation.
>
> [url=http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=101&u=12506989][img]
> http://i70.servimg.com/u/f70/12/50/69/89/cantil10.jpg[/img][/url<http://i70.servimg.com/u/f70/12/50/69/89/cantil10.jpg%5b/img%5d%5b/url>
> ]
>
>
>
> This structure, cantillation, allow us to classify each psalm and their
> principal motifs. It´s a way to read, sing, and understanding psalms.
>
> I hope this question will be accept in b-hebrew list.
>
>
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