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Cantillation

Liturgy uses diatonic modes:

  • Torah readings use Dorian
  • Non-Eicha Megillot use Mixolydian
  • Eicha uses Locrian or Phrygian depending on community
  • Some blessings and prayers use Ionian

Todo: Cantillation tropes

Folk music

Gaelic-Jewish folk music is largely like traditional Irish or Scottish Gaelic music. Some folk music uses diminished[8] or augmented[9] or their subsets, however.