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Lecha Dodi: alto part

The alto part of Lecha Dodi in G, from B3 to B4. Hear it on its own or with the others, then sing it and watch each note light up.

Sings under the tune, mostly a third or a sixth below it, most often on E, then C, up to its top B on every "Lecha", on "velithila." at the end of verse 1 and on "chala!" at the end of verse 9, and down to its low B on every "penei" and "nekabela.", on "Shamor", both "echad,", "hishmianu", "hameyuchad." and "Adoshem" in verse 1, and on the first "Boi", "bala,", "gam", "uvetzahala,", "toch" and "segula." in verse 9.

Range
B3 to B4
Key
G
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About Lecha Dodi

Words: Solomon ha-Levi Alkabetz (16th century)

Tune: traditional Ashkenazi melody for the Omer weeks (printed by Francis L. Cohen, 1904)

Lecha Dodi, "Come, my beloved", is the Friday-night hymn that greets the Sabbath as a bride. Solomon ha-Levi Alkabetz wrote it in the sixteenth century, and the first letters of eight of its nine verses spell his name. This tune, which the Jewish Encyclopedia of 1904 says was kept for the weeks of the Omer, is read from Francis L. Cohen's printing there, in G as printed; the Hebrew is fitted by us, and the four parts are our own. It is sung in Hebrew, transliterated, for 2 to 4 singers: the refrain, then verses 1 and 9, each followed by it. It is sung with the substituted names customary when singing outside prayer: Kel and Adoshem.

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