101: How to Chant Torah
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Welcome to Torah Cantillation!

Welcome to Torah Cantillation
How to Chant Torah - Course Handouts [ZIP]
Torah Trope Flash Cards with Names [PDF]
Torah Trope Flash Cards with Symbols [PDF]
Basics of Torah Cantillation

1. Terminology
2. The System We Teach
3. What Trope Does
4. How Trope Works
The Trope Symbols: Part 1

How This Section is Organized
How to Study
1. Etnachta Phrase
2. Sof Pasuk Phrase
3. Katon Phrase
4. Katon Variation: Munach Instead of Kadma
5. Y'tiv Phrase
Symbol Quiz: Etnachta, Sof Pasuk, and Katon Phrases
Trope Self-Test: Etnachta and Sof Pasuk
Trope Self-Test: Katon
The Trope Symbols: Part 2

6. R'vi-i Phrase
7. T'vir Phrase: Variation 1 (Kadma-Darga-T'vir)
8. T'vir Phrase: Variation 2 (Munach-Darga-T'vir)
9. T'vir Phrase: Variation 3 (Kadma-Mercha-T'vir)
10. T'vir Phrase: Variation 4 (Munach-Mercha-T'vir)
Symbol Quiz: R'vii and T'vir Phrases
Trope Self-Test: R'vi-i and T'vir
Cumulative Trope Self-Test #1
The Trope Symbols: Part 3

11. Kadma v'Azla Phrase
12. Geresh
13. Gershayim Phrase
14. T'lisha K'tana Phrase
15 T'lisha G'dolah Phrase
Symbol Quiz: Kadma v'Azla, Geresh, Gershayim, T'lisha K'tana, T'lisha G'dolah, and Segol Phrases
Trope Self-Test: Geresh, Gershayim, Kadma v'Azla, T'lisha K'tana, T'lisha G'dolah
16. Segol Phrase
Trope Self-Test: Segol
Cumulative Trope Self-Test #2
The Trope Symbols: Part 4

17. Zakef Gadol
18. Pazeir Phrase
19. Shalshelet
20. Mercha Ch'fulah
21. Karnei Fara Phrase
Symbol Quiz: Zakeif Gadol, Pazeir, Shalshelet, Mercha Ch'fulah, Yerach ben Yomo, Karnei Fara, and Sof Aliyah
Trope Self-Test: Zakeif Gadol, Pazeir, Shalshelet, Mercha Ch'fulah, Karnei Fara
22. Sof Aliyah Phrase
Trope Self-Test: Sof Aliyah
The Trope Symbols: Part 5 - Summary and Review

23. The Anthem
Torah Anthem [PDF]
24. Other Symbols
Symbol Quiz: All Trope Symbols
Cumulative Trope Self-Test #3: All Trope Phrases
The Rules of Trope

1. How to Apply a Trope Symbol to a Word
2. Deep Dive: How to Apply a Trope Melody
3. Exceptional Situations
4. Deep Dive: Doubled Disjunctives
5. Deep Dive: Two-Trope Words
6. Detours
Chanting the Days of Creation on Simchat Torah
The "Journeys" Melody in the Book of Numbers
How to Chant Shirat HaYam
Self-Test: How to Apply a Trope Melody
Self-Test: Doubled Disjunctives
Self-Test: Two-Trope Words
Self-Test: V'ahavta According to Trope Names [Audio]
Next Steps

1. How to Learn a Text
2. Deep Dive: Learning to Chant a Verse of Torah
Final Self-Test: Five Verses of Torah
3. Next Steps
Blessing Before the Torah Reading [AUDIO]
Blessing After the Torah Reading [AUDIO]
Torah Blessings [PDF]

3. What Trope Does

An introduction to the three functions of trope: pronunciation, melody, and meaning.