[Avodah] Split Nusach

[Micha Berger]

On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 07:47:04PM -0400, Cantor Wolberg wrote:
: Technically speaking, prayer modes constitute nusach hatefillah. They  
: are very important since the nusach identifies whether it is Shabbos,  
: Regel or Yomim Noraim. Shacharis IS different from Musaf....

You shifted meaning, and I'm not sure it's clear what you mean by modes.
So, let me try to rephrase, and you can correct me if I misunderstood.

Nusach hatefillah includes two things:

- The text of the liturgy.

- The mode of the music to which it is sung. By "mode" we mean the scale
(in a non-techincal sense) -- the steps and half-steps used in each
octave. As in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_mode

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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