I believe the niggun is pretty much exclusive to the Chassidim, and not
widely used among the other branches of Jews. I know it was Chassids who
"invented" this form of musical prayer.
Interestingly, there is a very similar use of "nonsense" syllables in some
of the singing that accompanies Hindu ragas.
Karen Mercedes
http://www.radix.net/~dalila/index.html
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