Student Resources for Cantillation/Trope
Trope Academy – Torah
(Haftarah Trope is below Torah Trope)
Trope Packet 5782 – for use for the 2021-2022 Hebrew School Year
Start here with my Introduction to Cantillation Video Presentation. In it, you will learn the six clauses, the symbols contained in each clause, and the three main functions of trope.
This is the blessing for private Torah study:
Disclaimer about these videos:
Torah Trope: 6 Clause Families
Clause 1: Sof-Pasuk
What you chant to complete the aliyah, or reading, Sof Sof-Pasuk:
Clause 2: Etnachta
Clause 3: Katon
Katon Clause – Y’tiv
Katon Clause – Zakef Gadol
Clause 4: T’vir
Clause 5: R’vii
Clause 6: Segol
Blessings before and after the reading of Torah:
Chanting the V’ahavta using trope symbols and hand signs:
TORAH TROPE RESOURCES:
Text Books for Class:
The Art of Cantillation: Torah (Blue) by Cantors Marshall Portnoy and Josee Wolff
Chanting the Hebrew Bible: The Art of Cantillation by Joshua R. Jacobson
PDF Worksheets Used in Class:
Trope Packet 5782 – for use for the 2021-2022 Hebrew School Year
Trope Curriculum – Trope Clause Combinations and How Each Symbol Functions
Blessings for the Reading of Torah
Blessings for Torah with Translation
Numbers Chapter 34, Verses 24-28
Genesis Chapter 32, Verses 4-7
Musical Notation of Blessings for Torah and Haftarah
Morah Marla’s Recording of Torah Trope
Class Recording of V’ahavta in Trope
Blessings Before the Reading of Torah
Blessings After the Reading of Torah
Trope Academy – Haftarah
Haftarah Trope: 6 Clause Families
Clause 1: Sof-Pasuk
What you chant at the end of the Haftarah reading, Sof Sof-Pasuk:
Clause 2: Etnachta
Clause 3: Katon
Katon – Zakef Gadol
Clause 4: T’vir
Clause 5: R’vii
R’vii – L’garmeh (Munach with a line)
Clause 6: Segol
Blessing before the reading of Haftarah:
Blessing after the reading of Haftarah:
HAFTARAH TROPE RESOURCES:
Trope Packet 5782 – for use for the 2021-2022 Hebrew School Year
Text Books for Class:
The Art of Cantillation Volume II: Haftarah (Purple) by Cantors Marshall Portnoy and Josee Wolff
Musical Notation of Blessing After Haftarah
Musical Notation of Haftarah Trope Clauses
Recordings of Haftarah Clauses
Blessings Before the Reading of Haftarah
Blessings After the Reading of Haftarah
Class Recording of Blessing After Haftarah