MUSIC OF ISRAEL

P R E PA R E D B Y :
 MIDDLE EAST
Influences the oriental traditions of
Israeli music

ISRAEL

RUSSIA
Influences the folk tunes and music
style of Israeli music
 HATIKVA
THE NATIONAL ANTHEM
The music of Israel is a combination of
Jewish and non-Jewish music traditions
that have come together over the
course of a century to create a
distinctive musical culture.
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The diversity of Israeli music

has developed an amount of
canonical songs known as
“Shirei Eretz Yisrael” or
“Songs of the Land of Israel.”
LET’S DO THIS
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1. Meter:
Quadruple
2. Melodic Range:
Wide
a. Lowest Note: D
b. Highest Note: D
3. Harmonic Key:
G minor
PENTATONE
G, A, B flat, D,C

Repeat with 2nd ending

G, A, B flat, D,C
CHARACTERISTICS
• Use of Minor keys
• Use of Minor Rhythm such as Horah, Atari and
Temani
• Use of percussion instruments as accompaniment
• Lyrics that narrate to the Israeli practices
• Application of distinctive vocal styles such as throaty
and guttural enunciation
 TWO DIVISIONS OF JEWISH MUSIC
A. Devotional music B. Secular music
MUSICAL ELEMENTS
Rhythm:
Melody: Rhythmic modes; complex
Ornamental and rhythmic structures Timbre:
complex modal Throaty
system
Tense vocal tone
Harmony: Form:
Heterophonic and Improvisatory in
highly ornamented suite
HAVA NAGILA (Let’s Rejoice)
This song is an Israeli folk song which expresses about
tradition, ritual and religion.
ISRAELI MUSICAL FORMS
• Bouzouki – Greek style music translated into Hebrew
• Russian Folk Music – folk tunes with translated or new lyrics
in Hebrew.
• Muzika Mizrahit –is the combination of Eastern and Western
elements.
• Klezmer-Israeli folk music with lyrics translated from Yiddish
or New Hebrew words.
• Jewish Yemenite music – The music of the ancient Hebrews
usually performed in the home in a window – lined room at
the top of the house.
JEWISH ORCHESTRA
T H E F I R S T J E W I S H O R C H E S T R A WA S F O R M E D
BY THE SETTLERS IN 1895.
1. KINNOR
THE HEBREW NAME
FOR AN ACIENT
STRINGED
INSTRUMENTS. IT IS
A MEMBER OF THE
ZITHER FAMILY AND
IS THE NATIONAL
INSTRUMENTS OF
ISRAEL.
2. SHOFAR
A MUSICAL
INSTRUMENT USED
FIR RELIGIOUS/NON-
RELIGIOUS
PURPOSES.IT IS
MADE FROM A RAM’S
HORN.
3. TIMBREL
TIMBRET
CONSISTS OF A
SINGLE DRUMHEAD
MOUNTED ON A
RING WITH SMALL
JINGLES.
 4. DARBUK
THIS IS A
SINGLEHEAD
GLOBLET-SHAPED
MEMBRANOPHONE
USED MAINLY IN
WEST ASIA, SOUTH
ASIA, NORTH
AMERICA, AND
EASTERN EUROPE.

OT H E R N A M E S :
5. BIRCH
CONSIST OF TWO
CIRCULAR
CONCAVE PLATES
OF BRASS OF OTHER
METAL
6. SISTRUM
A PERCUSSION
INSTRUMENTS THAT
ORIGINATED IN
ACIENT EGYPT. IT IS A
TYPE OF RATTLE WITH
A HANGLE AND U-
SHAPED METAL FRAME
USUALLY IN BRASS OR
BRONZE
7. PSALTERY
TEN-STRINGED LUTE
8. QUANUN
It has about 26 triple-
stringed courses,
plucked with a piece of
horn.
9. OUD
It is a pear-shaped
stringed instrument
commonly used in
North African and
Middle Eastern music
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