Notes that begin a verse

The music of Amos 8 begins on the note one up from the tonic. This is somewhat rare for a verse (353, 73 of these in the 3 books).

Here are the counts of verses, for beginning reciting note (default is e). Note that we never begin on an A, the rest note.

58 c
89 d
19481 e
280 f
73 f#
593 g
78 g#
1048 B
793 C

and here are the counts where the first accent is an ornament.

10 ger,
3 ger-
1 ill,
65 pas,
21 paz,
16 qad,
142 rev,
296 tal,
13 tar,
23 z-g,
67 zar,

and here where the first two accents are ornaments

25 pas,ger
16 pas,z-q
15 paz,tal
1 paz,zar
11 qad,qad
1 qad,z-q
5 rev,pas
1 rev,paz
30 rev,qad
11 tal,ger
173 tal,pas
1 tal,rev
1 tal,tal
28 tal,tar
1 zar,seg
1 zar,zar

There must be a better way to say this :|

Oh - and here are the chapter beginning notes

1 c
4 d
788 e
10 f
18 f#
31 g
4 g#
26 B
21 C