Notes and Ornament frequencies by major Biblical section -

These numbers are for musical sequences that occur in more than 20 verses in the Bible.They may indicate different musical practices among the different books. There are, however, only 2612 (10%) verses are involved with these 61 most common patterns. 15,284 (over 65%) verses have unique musical patterns. The remaining 25% are patterns that are used from 2 to 20 times.

I did not list common patterns where the section did not use them - so some shrewdness is required when studying these tables.

Here are the numbers for the first major section of the Hebrew Bible

Torah	Vss	Gn	Ex	Lv	Nu	Dt
e f g# f e	183	3	20	27	37	2
e f g# e	132	4	2	5	15	8
e f g# ^A A f g# e	73	8	4	5	2	11
e f g# ^A A g# f e	65	9	4	2	3	6
e f g# B ^A A f g# e	59	9	11	3	2	0
e f g# ^A A g# e	54	5	7	3	7	3
e g# ^A A f g# e	50	3	9	4	2	3
e f g# B ^A A f g# f e	47	3	6	1	1	2
e f g# B ^A A g# f e	42	3	3	0	1	2
e qad,z-q,g# e	42	1	0	1	3	0
e f g# ^A A f g# f e	41	2	4	2	4	3
e f g# B ^A A g# e	40	8	7	3	2	0
e g# B ^A A g# f e	40	3	0	2	3	2
e B z-q,g# e	34	1	1	1	13	1
e g# ^A A f g# f e	34	5	1	4	2	2
e g# B ^A A g# e	31	4	5	0	1	2
e g# B ^A A f g# f e	26	2	1	1	5	2
e g# B ^A A f g# e	25	4	2	2	1	1
e qad,B z-q,g# e	25	1	0	0	1	1
e B z-q,g# f e	23	0	0	0	0	1
e g# ^A A g# f e	23	3	1	1	2	2
e c d f g# f e	22	4	2	0	0	0
e B z-q,g# ^A A f g# e	21	2	2	1	1	1
e B z-q,g# ^A A g# e	21	3	0	3	3	2
e C qad,z-q,g# e	21	1	0	0	0	0

The Prophets

	Count	Josh	Jdg	Sa	Kng	Is	Je	Ez
e f g# f e	183	4	0	1	4	1	8	38
e f g# e	132	24	0	1	3	0	0	0
e f g# ^A A f g# e	73	3	2	9	2	9	8	1
e f g# ^A A g# f e	65	1	3	4	2	10	2	0
e f g# B ^A A f g# e	59	2	0	3	7	4	3	4
e f g# ^A A g# e	54	0	0	4	1	9	2	1
e g# ^A A f g# e	50	1	1	6	2	5	1	5
e f g# B ^A A f g# f e	47	0	0	0	6	5	2	4
e f g# B ^A A g# f e	42	1	1	3	5	7	4	1
e qad,z-q,g# e	42	3	0	2	2	2	2	0
e f g# ^A A f g# f e	41	1	0	2	3	8	1	1
e f g# B ^A A g# e	40	0	0	1	1	6	4	2
e g# B ^A A g# f e	40	0	1	2	0	9	4	2
e B z-q,g# e	34	2	1	0	1	0	1	1
e g# ^A A f g# f e	34	1	0	0	2	3	1	0
e g# B ^A A g# e	31	0	0	3	0	5	2	4
e g# B ^A A f g# f e	26	1	0	2	2	2	1	0
e g# B ^A A f g# e	25	1	0	1	2	4	1	2
e qad,B z-q,g# e	25	0	0	0	1	1	2	1
e B z-q,f g# f e	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
e B z-q,g# f e	23	0	1	0	3	0	0	1
e g# ^A A g# f e	23	0	0	2	0	4	2	2
e c d f g# f e	22	1	1	2	2	0	1	1
e B z-q,g# ^A A f g# e	21	1	2	1	3	0	0	1
e B z-q,g# ^A A g# e	21	4	0	0	0	1	1	0
e C qad,z-q,g# e	21	1	0	3	0	0	1	0

The Three

		Job	Psa	Pro
e B B ^A A g B e	75	0	52	23
e B g B ^A A g B e	74	0	31	43
g B ^A A g B e	71	1	52	18
g B ^A A ger-rev,f# e	70	0	48	22
e B B ^A A ger-rev,e	66	13	41	12
e B B ^A A ger-rev,B e	57	19	31	7
e B B ^A A ger-rev,f# e	57	0	45	12
e g B ^A A g B e	55	0	34	21
g B ^A A ger-rev,e	50	0	36	14
e B g B ^A A ger-rev,f# e	48	0	23	25
e f# ^A A ger-rev,f# e	48	0	35	13
e f# ^A A g B e	45	0	32	13
e B g B ^A A f# ger-rev,f# e	44	0	28	16
e B B ^A A g# B e	43	43	0	0
e B g ^A A g B e	38	0	24	14
e B g ^A A ger-rev,e	37	0	32	5
e g B ^A A ger-rev,f# e	37	0	28	9
e f# ^A A ger-rev,e	35	0	31	4
e B B ^A A ger-rev,f e	34	34	0	0
g B ^A A ger-rev,B e	32	0	20	12
e B g ^A A ger-rev,f# e	31	0	23	8
e B g B ^A A f# ger-rev,B e	30	0	13	17
g# B ^A A ger-rev,f e	30	30	0	0
e B g B ^A A f# ger-rev,e	29	0	13	16
g# B ^A A g# B e	29	29	0	0
e B B ^A A f# ger-rev,e	28	0	20	8
e g# B ^A A g# B e	28	28	0	0
e B g B ^A A ger-rev,B e	27	0	14	13
e f ^A A g# B e	26	26	0	0
e f# ^A A f# ger-rev,e	25	0	19	6
e g B ^A A ger-rev,e	25	0	19	6
e g# B ^A A ger-rev,f e	24	24	0	0
B g B ^A A g B e	23	0	8	15
e B g# B ^A A g# B e	22	22	0	0
g B ^A A f# ger-rev,e	21	0	16	5

The Writings except the Three

		Can	Rut	Lm	Qo	Es	Dan	E-N	Chr
e f g# f e	183	1	0	4	0	0	0	25	6
e f g# e	132	0	0	0	0	0	0	37	33
e f g# ^A A f g# e	73	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5
e f g# ^A A g# f e	65	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4
e f g# B ^A A f g# e	59	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	6
e f g# ^A A g# e	54	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
e g# ^A A f g# e	50	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7
e f g# B ^A A f g# f e	47	0	1	0	3	0	1	1	9
e f g# B ^A A g# f e	42	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	5
e qad,z-q,g# e	42	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	23
e f g# ^A A f g# f e	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4
e f g# B ^A A g# e	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
e g# B ^A A g# f e	40	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2
e B z-q,g# e	34	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	5
e g# ^A A f g# f e	34	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	9
e g# B ^A A f g# f e	26	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	2
e g# B ^A A f g# e	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
e qad,B z-q,g# e	25	2	0	3	2	0	0	0	7
e B z-q,f g# f e	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	6
e B z-q,g# f e	23	0	0	0	0	0	1	14	1
e g# ^A A g# f e	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
e c d f g# f e	22	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	3
e B z-q,g# ^A A f g# e	21	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	4
e B z-q,g# ^A A g# e	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
e C qad,z-q,g# e	21	1	0	8	0	0	0	0	6