In other words, the scale should be C D# (E) F# G A B C D# E as the basic mode of psalmody. In prosody the basic scale is C D (E) F G A B C D E. One of the prosodic modes equates to what you're using but the tonic is placed differently: C D (E) F# G A B C D E. As it is you're just imitating Mesopotamian and Greek, not Hebrew music, even if unknowingly! Placing the tonic makes much of the difference between the two. :)
Again, excellent. As "teamim" I left a comment elsewhere. May I make a bold suggestion? Take a look at the actual modes used in antiquity and see what you can do with them. Put the tonic of your melody not on C, but on E (not E flat) and tune the lyre to the E minor mode with D# and F#. (There are three other modes in Psalms alone but with care you can accompany all the Psalms in Hebrew with that mode alone.) The melodic minor was known and used too but in biblical chant, it's still E tonic.
In other words, the scale should be C D# (E) F# G A B C D# E as the basic mode of psalmody. In prosody the basic scale is C D (E) F G A B C D E. One of the prosodic modes equates to what you're using but the tonic is placed differently: C D (E) F# G A B C D E. As it is you're just imitating Mesopotamian and Greek, not Hebrew music, even if unknowingly! Placing the tonic makes much of the difference between the two. :)
rakkav 9 months ago
Again, excellent. As "teamim" I left a comment elsewhere. May I make a bold suggestion? Take a look at the actual modes used in antiquity and see what you can do with them. Put the tonic of your melody not on C, but on E (not E flat) and tune the lyre to the E minor mode with D# and F#. (There are three other modes in Psalms alone but with care you can accompany all the Psalms in Hebrew with that mode alone.) The melodic minor was known and used too but in biblical chant, it's still E tonic.
rakkav 9 months ago
Beautiful
GenitianSquire 9 months ago