Chant Psalter

for Anglican Chant

Natural Speech Rhythm

WELCOME

This Anglican Chant Psalter combines chants from various sources with the natural speech-rhythm pointing system of Charles Macpherson et al.'s English Psalter (1925). For a concise discussion of the merits of this system, see the review of Ernest Bullock. To read the editors' own introduction, click here.
New to Anglican chant? This video tutorial by Christopher Hoyt introduces all of the key concepts.

GUIDE TO THE SYMBOLS

| Marks a transition to the next measure of the music
|| Used in place of a single bar at the end of a cadence
Separates syllables sung to the first half of a measure from those sung to the second half (where none appears, all but the last syllable should be chanted to the first half)
* Indicates that the chanter should pause
§ Indicates that the chanter should not pause at the next double bar

IMPORTANT LEGAL INFORMATION

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