The Psalms Project, III:

Musical analysis of the entire Psalter

John H. Wheeler

Jump immediately to the Psalms Project Master Table for files containing analysis of each of the psalms, or download the following introductory material first.

An introduction to the cantillation of the Hebrew Scriptures

Why the traditional cantillation marks are important for an understanding of the Hebrew Text. (Not yet available).

Musical analysis of the Psalms— an overview

{To be written and linked as .pdf)

Key to the psalm files on the Master Table (.pdf)

For convenience, we will make the general framework for interpreting the charts in the files linked to the Master Table available separately. (Not yet available.)

Musical analysis of the entire Psalter

The .pdf documents in the Master Table will be dynamic until the entire project is complete, especially when they are first posted. The final letter in the document name (before ".pdf") indicates the version, and version info can be found in the footer inside each document as well.