Anyone know how I can get partitures for Jewish Prayers? Thanks.?

Question

We are a small congregation in the Bahamas and I try to teach the different berachot to the kids. As I'm not a chazan, I thought that if I could find the melodies I could teach them better, since I don't read troppe.

Answer 1

There are a variety of tunes to which the Jewish prayers can be sung. Sometimes these vary by whether it is a holiday or not. For example, Borchu on an ordinary day versus the High Holy Days. Others can be sung to a number of different melodies. Adon Olam I have heard sung to at least a dozen different tunes including "Jimmy Cracked Corn".

You will find recordings of some of the common tunes to which the prayers cantilated here:
http://www.cis.cl/Musica/Liturgia.htm

Answer 2

whats a partiture?

edit: searched again... why use such an obscure word?

anyway, if you mean the music... the tune... ect...

then most prayers do not have a universal tune. different congregations use different ones, or different ones depending on the setting or occasion.

but, Torah and Haftorah readings DO have a *VERY* specific tune, and this is known by learning it from a special version of the text's that include what are called "trope" which are mingled into the text similar to punctuation for english. these are effectively music notes, once you learn the appropriate trope, with the proper version of the text, the "notes" are included right there.