NoteWorthy Composer Forum

Forums => General Discussion => Topic started by: bananov on 2007-03-28 09:31 AM

Title: NWC lyrics in Hebrew?
Post by: bananov on 2007-03-28 09:31 AM
Hello,

I'm looking for the option of entering lyrics in Hebrew. Until now, I wasn't able to do so, since it doesn't recognize any hebrew font. How is it done?

Thanks,
Amir.
Title: Re: NWC lyrics in Hebrew?
Post by: NoteWorthy Online on 2007-03-28 01:07 PM
NWC currently supports ANSI text for lyrics (http://ntworthy.com/nwchelp/MNU_EDITLYRICS.htm). You cannot enter Unicode text, but you can enter ANSI text supported by your localized Windows system. You can control the font from File, Page Setup, Fonts (http://ntworthy.com/nwchelp/MNU_PAGESETUP.htm).

See also:

FAQ - Getting started with lyrics
http://ntworthy.com/composer/faq/15.htm
Title: Re: NWC lyrics in Hebrew?
Post by: llucyy on 2007-03-28 11:27 PM
Hi Amir, This doesn't answer your question, but you can help me. I want to do Havah Nagilah with my group, using the version in a CASA songbook, but don't know the pronunciation of the words. Anyway you can guide me to phonetic pronunciation please.
Title: Re: NWC lyrics in Hebrew?
Post by: kahman on 2007-03-29 11:10 PM
I would take this from Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hava_Nagila):
Quote
Hava nagila
Hava nagila
Hava nagila venis'mecha
(repeat stanza once)
Hava neranenah
Hava neranenah
Hava neranenah venis'mecha
(repeat stanza once)
Uru, uru achim!
Uru achim b'lev sameach
(repeat line three times)
Uru achim, uru achim!
B'lev sameach
All consonants are pronounced as expected, except for ch, which is German ch (IPA /x/)
a-a as in father
e-e as in wet
i-ee
o-oh
u-oo
Title: Re: NWC lyrics in Hebrew?
Post by: llucyy on 2007-03-29 11:55 PM
Thanks Kahman, that will be very helpful, just a couple more needed. What do you do with the comma in venis'mecha and b'lev ?
Title: Re: NWC lyrics in Hebrew?
Post by: kahman on 2007-03-30 01:29 AM
Syllabic break.  B'lev is probably buh-lev, but with the "buh" very short, just the /b/ sound.
Title: Re: NWC lyrics in Hebrew?
Post by: Cyril Alberga on 2007-03-30 01:52 PM
I thought it was a glottal stop.  The sound in the middle of "uh-uh", or in some pronunciations of "bottle",  in place of a "t" sound.
Title: Re: NWC lyrics in Hebrew?
Post by: kahman on 2007-03-30 08:05 PM
That might me it.  I'm not a linguist.  :-)