theyellowhobbit

In the kabbalat shabbat service, there is a song called "lecha dodi" which can be sung to many, many tunes, Jewish or not. Since it's kinda long (9 verses) many people will switch tunes in the middle, and usually the second tune is faster and more upbeat. I always make sure to do this, even when I'm in a place that normally only does one tune. We only get to sing it once a week, so I'm of the philosophy that we should maximize the amount of different tunes we use (this applies to many other prayers/songs as well).

Anyways, when I got to that point where you switch tunes, I was deciding between two different tunes. (The descriptions will only make sense to people who know them...) The first being the tune for David Melech that is often used for the second half of lecha dodi. The second being the oseh shalom tune that is in major and is awesome. I think I decided on David Melech. Except when I sang it, I somehow ended up doing my "long lost lecha dodi," a.k.a. hashmi'ini et kolech, the one with the pentatonic scale in the chorus. I.E. neither of the aforementioned tunes. I'm not sure how it happened. And I only realized it when we got to the chorus for the first time. And when I got there I was like "oh well, this tune is also awesome."

I'm trying to think if I've ever done this before. Probably not. Usually I start the tune that I intend to use.