MichaelNZ
Puritan Board Freshman
Today I got a Scottish Psalter and Church Hymnary. The Psalter (metrical) and also some Scripture paraphrases are rendered in a split-page format - the top part of the page (containing the tune) is cut horizontally from the bottom half of the page (containing the words). The top half of the page can be opened to a different page than the bottom (see picture below)
Is the reason that the book is split like this because each psalm can be sung to different tunes? I can see how it would allow you to have the words of one psalm and the tune of another. Can each psalm in the book be sung to each tune, or are there restrictions?
Thanks for any help.
Is the reason that the book is split like this because each psalm can be sung to different tunes? I can see how it would allow you to have the words of one psalm and the tune of another. Can each psalm in the book be sung to each tune, or are there restrictions?
Thanks for any help.