Musical Analysis of the Hebrew Scriptures

John H. Wheeler

Our analysis of the musical structure of the biblical text is currently focused in these areas:

i. General Introduction

a. The Hebrew musical accents (te`amim)

A brief report on the origin, history, and interpretation of the accentual system

b. The work of Suzanne Haik-Vantoura

(discussion to be added; pdf. format)

ii. Te'amim Project.

(information about how to read the cantillation marks and their significance, to be added)

iii. Psalms Project, III.

Currently we are busy posting John Wheeler's part of our Psalms Project, which consists of a musical anslysis of the entire Psalter, including commentary on the structures disclosed in the traditional cantillation marks, sheet music, and actual sound files of each psalm.

iv. Textual Basis for Musical Analysis

(discussion to be added)

For further study:

Please see our collection of annotated links to other important studies of Biblical cantillation on the Web.