The Judaica stores by my house have lots of Ashkenazi music books written in sheet music, but nothing for Sephardic music. Does anyone know of any websites or titles of music books for Mizrahi style Sephardic music? I'm more interested in the music of the prayers, but any music books will do for the moment.
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You can try Offtonic NusachDB. I'm not sure what you're looking for specifically, but I've added lots of Sephardic/Mizrahi transcriptions there.
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Where on your websites are transcriptions? Btw, i've used and referred many to your site. It's amazing.– AaronNov 18, 2016 at 17:25
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@Aaron Well, here's a Syrian medley for Yom Zeh L'yisrael: offtonic.com/nusach/… Other stuff is around! Dec 4, 2016 at 4:16
Also, if u want to know how sephardim make our prayers, we do it after maqam, the Arabic musical system which is hard to master. The website https://pizmonim.org/ also has the ways to use the maqamim in davening.
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There are a lot of books of baqashot, but not with the music written out which is what I'm asking for.– AaronJun 29 at 21:28
Im quite amazed by this question. Mizrachim and sephardim have much more songs and book and websites than the ashkenazim. Try https://pizmonim.org/ if u want books, try shir ushbacha
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@Harel13 sephardic music is usally played on a oud, not a guitar or a piano. so yeah. Jun 28 at 22:08
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This does not provide an answer to the question. To critique or request clarification from an author, leave a comment below their post. - From Review– mblochJun 29 at 3:26
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Don't oud players need some form of musical notes as well? I doubt they just play what comes to mind.– Harel13Jun 29 at 4:36
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@Harel13 im quite sorry but u probbaly wont find notes for sephardic songs. They are not that easy to find and i doubt there is any Jun 30 at 22:51