Connor Q
Puritan Board Freshman
My congregation (exclusively psalm-singing) would mostly use old Hymn tunes eg. Toplady, Irish, Ostend.
Recently my idea of what a nice tune is has been broadened. I'm now a fan of the slow, traditional Free Church Psalm tunes like St Kilda & St Columba. As well as the fast and springy tunes like Nettleton & Lennox that I associate with the US.
As good as theses tunes are, they are almost all over 200y/old, surely the world must have come up with some suitable tunes over the past 200 years??
'In Christ alone' goes well to Psalm 139 in my psalter:
Does anyone have favorite modern tunes (pious or secular) they like to use with Psalms or even just in a regular meter that may go well with a Psalm? Just remember that they are going to be sung acapella, so nothing that relies too much on instrumentation.
Recently my idea of what a nice tune is has been broadened. I'm now a fan of the slow, traditional Free Church Psalm tunes like St Kilda & St Columba. As well as the fast and springy tunes like Nettleton & Lennox that I associate with the US.
As good as theses tunes are, they are almost all over 200y/old, surely the world must have come up with some suitable tunes over the past 200 years??
'In Christ alone' goes well to Psalm 139 in my psalter:
LORD, you have searched me and me known,
when I rise up, when I sit down.
You understand, too, from afar,
the very thoughts that in me are.
You mark my path and lying down;
my ways to you are all well known;
for on my tongue can be no word
but you completely know it, LORD
when I rise up, when I sit down.
You understand, too, from afar,
the very thoughts that in me are.
You mark my path and lying down;
my ways to you are all well known;
for on my tongue can be no word
but you completely know it, LORD
Does anyone have favorite modern tunes (pious or secular) they like to use with Psalms or even just in a regular meter that may go well with a Psalm? Just remember that they are going to be sung acapella, so nothing that relies too much on instrumentation.