APPENDIX 3

Melodies and their Musical Modal Systems.


Texts

Mode or maqam

1. Adon Olam

Bayat

2. Hodu ladonai

Mode Doh

3. Adonai melekh

a. Mode Doh
b. Bayat
c. Nahawand
d. Sigah
e. Nahawand

4. Halleluya  (Psalm 150)

a. Ajam
b. Bayat

5. Shirat hayam

a. Mode Re
b. Mode Doh

6. Nishmat Kol Hai

a. Rast
b. Bayat
c. Hijaz

7. Mimitzraim Ge’altanu

a. Rast
b. Bayat
c. Hijaz

8. Hen hem yodu

*(Rast)   recurring melody
*(Bayat) recurring melody

9. Shav'atainiym

a. Mahur
b. Bayat
c. Hijaz

10. El hahodaot

a. *(Rast)   recurring melody
b. Bayat
c. Hijaz

11. Kadish

a. Rast
b. Bayat
c. *Hijaz - recurring melody

12.i. El adon

a. Bayat
b. Ajam
c. ‘Bayat’
d. Natural minor

12.ii. Smekhim betzetam

a. Rast
b. Major
c. Bayat
d. Bayat tetrachord
e. Bayat tetrachord
(the original tune is in Saba)
f. Ajam

13. Veha’er eineinu

a. Re/mi mode, ‘Bayat’
b. Harmonic minor

14. Kedusha

a. Bayat
b. Minor
c. Bayat
d. Bayat
e. Rast

15.i. Ata her’eita

Ajam

15. ii. Vezot hatorah

Ajam

15. iii. Ashrei  ha’am

Ajam

16. i. Yimlokh adonai

Mode Doh

16. ii. Mizmor leDavid

Mode Re