tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58142391175772775422024-02-20T12:08:49.943-08:00Baal Tefillah TunesYosefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03376436524839510635noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5814239117577277542.post-25395154552817981072012-02-26T14:21:00.000-08:002012-02-26T14:21:43.486-08:00SHABBOS SHACHARIS: KEL ADONFor Kel Adon I usually use medium-fast tunes, not slow tunes. It's just a personal preference of mine. I feel like kel adon is the first thing people in the shul are singing since they woke up on shabbos morning so I have found that they're not usually in the slow song mood; unless of course you're in a shul where people are in that type of mood by about 9:00 am (such as aish kodesh in Woodmere). That being said you can use just about any tune for kel adon but here are some that I have previously used:<br />
1. Shiru Lamelech (Always a great tune but I haven't used it in a while because it's overused nowadays.) <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4i8okNrTZXQ&feature=related">MBD shiru lamelech</a><br />
2. Shalom aleichem (the popular tune. I love using it)<br />
3. Any fast carlebach tune such as od yeshoma (<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBxwVaLUnIs&feature=related">carlebach od yishoma</a>), meheira hashem elokeinu, ata takum, yachad yachad (<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCNrPe18mBE">carlebach yachad (at about 1:50)</a>), l'shana haba'a, shomrim hafkeid l'ircha (<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIAWk9Im_DA">carlebach shomrim</a>), etc...<br />
4. Ashira L'hashem (I first heard this tune on MBD's kumzits CD. I don't know who originally wrote it: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOPBO5ESE9Y">MBD ashira l'hashem</a>)<br />
5. k'chu imachem d'varim (Rabbi Brazil from Far Rockaway: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeeHCUAS_Dg">Brazil kchu</a>)<br />
6. Puppa chassidishe keil adon (<a href="http://www.mostlymusic.com/ahavas-kidumim.html">ahavas kedumim keil adon</a>). I've never used this because noone knows it but if I ever daven for the amud in a chassidishe shul I'll try this one.<br />
7. Eitan Katz's <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLe_zTJf1JM">Shabbos Kodesh</a>.Yosefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03376436524839510635noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5814239117577277542.post-61541862566967169562011-10-09T09:36:00.000-07:002011-10-09T09:36:52.856-07:00WECLOME Hi. My name is Yosef Rappaport. Here's the deal: I am not an expert, a Cantor, or a Chazzan. I have never taken voice lessons before. I do not claim to be an expert in nusach hatefillah, nor do I claim to know everything about leading davening. I do, however, enjoy davening for the amud very much. I guess I am what you would consider a Baal Tefillah. I grew up with a father, Dr. Stuart Rappaport who is a great chazan and who has taught me his nusach for most of davening and especially for Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur for which I am a chazan in Queens, NY. But being that I grew up in a shul/neighborhood where for the most part chazanus and cantorial davening is not really appreciated, I have developed a more Baal Tefillah style of davening where I incorporate modern tunes into davening and I try to get the congregation to sing along. Therefore I am always looking for new ideas for tunes to use in davening. I started this blog the day after Yom Kippur 5772/2011 in order to let others know what tunes I use/might use in the future, and more importantly to LET PEOPLE SEND ME THEIR SUGGESTED TUNES SO THAT I CAN EXPAND MY COLLECTION OF TUNES.<br />
So as I said the point of this blog is to get suggestions from other baalei tefillah for new ideas of tunes to incorporate into my davening.<br />
I guess the best way to organize this is to go tefilah by tefilah in order of most common to least common (shabbos all the way to Yom Kippur). I invite EVERYONE to let me know what ideas they have for each part of davening and what tunes they love/hate and to feel free to make any suggestions/ comments.Yosefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03376436524839510635noreply@blogger.com0