1)
Learn/Review trope families 1-3, tracks 1-3 on the CD/website and pages 3-4 in the packet. Please make flashcards for these three trope families; the flashcard should have ONLY the symbol on one side of the card, and the name (in Hebrew and/or English letters) on the other side. The goal is to be able to see the symbol, know the name, and sing the melody, so as later to be able to apply these melodies to the words of Torah readings. You should now have 10 flashcards: mercha, tipcha, munach, etnachta from the 1st family, sof pasuk from the 2nd family (the others are repeats), and the new ones– kadma, mapach, pashta, katon, and yetiv from the 3rd family. Here is a picture of the trope from family 3 (note that this image calls the two dots above the word “Zakef Katon”, while I call this trope “Katon.”.
To distinguish between Kadma and Pashta, which look the same, draw a box on your flashcards, so that you can put Kadma above the middle of the box, and pashta above the left of the box. Same thing for Mapach and Yetiv; draw a box so that you can put Mapach under the middle, and Yetiv below and to the right. This indicates the placement of each trope over or under a Hebrew word.
2) Please bring your binder or folder with the packet every Tuesday or Wednesday, and also bring your highlighters (blue, green, yellow, pink, orange, and purple) each time.
3) Next time we’ll review trope families 1-3 (which will get you through about 2/3 of any Torah portion), and go on to families 4-5.
Here is the
initial letter with info on the class and some important dates to save.
Here are trope images of the first two trope families in case they are helpful:
