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This gesture (reconstructed by me) corresponds to the sign darga ("ladder, step"). It appears like a backwards "Z" in the Letteris and
Ginsburg Editions (or a rounded "S" in manuscripts and most printed editions). To the cantor- chironomist,
the corresponding gesture suggests the form of the sign by its combination of the horizontal middle finger and
the index finger and thumb pinched together. (This gesture is fairly similar to that representing the tonic in Egyptian chironomy.)
Darga (under the Masoretic paradigm) is
considered a "conjunctive" sign; yet paradoxically it can act as a "disjunctive" (as in Numbers 17:13, English versification). Only a single musical note could have such opposing
functions depending on its location! |
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Updated December 27, 2011 |
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