Peairtach
Puritan Board Doctor
Being a Jew, I am familiar w/ Cantors. I am trying to understand the differences between precentors and cantors. As well, from what I have seen from Greenville FCoSC, their precentor just would verbalized the tunes of the first stanza, first.
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That's more appropriate where people don't know the tune. But in Scotland tunes are normally taught in Psalmody classes where the congregation or a significant part thereof learns new tunes or part singing, although there's not much part/harmony singing in our congregation. People can also learn from CDs or the internet.
In Psalm-singing in the English language in Scotland, the precentor just starts the tune, which tune may sometimes be announced by name beforehand, and the congregation pick it up from the first few words.
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