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Showing posts with label Meter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Meter. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 17, 2026

Anapestic Meter

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What? What is that? Awhile back, I ran across on Archive.Org the hymn book Sacred Poetry and Music Reconciled, Or, A Collection of Hymns Ori...
Tuesday, January 07, 2025

Hymn Meter Explanations and Information

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Hymn Meter Explanations and Information “Hymn meter” is the pattern of syllables and stress in the text of a hymn. The meter designations in...
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Thursday, November 12, 2020

50th hymn meter

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I recently discovered a new  hymn meter designation – 50th meter – that I do not recall seeing before (Thanks to Matt Bell.) The 50th meter...
Tuesday, September 10, 2019

Hymn Meter Again

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Here are miscellaneous comments on hymn meter that I have written or collected – some of which may need more context for clarification. I ha...
Saturday, July 27, 2019

Explanation of Meter, from The Baptist Standard Hymnal

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The following explanation of Meter (the author prefers the spelling “Metre” which we do not as commonly use nowadays) is taken from The Bapt...
Thursday, September 13, 2018

Hymn meter

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Hymns, unless they are irregular or have prose texts, follow a “metrical” pattern – that is, the hymn meter indicates the number of syllabl...
Sunday, December 28, 2014

Online metrical indices

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Following is a list of some online metrical indices for hymns and tunes. Some are more useful and/or user-friendly than others. Some are mor...
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Saturday, June 15, 2013

Common Meter Extended hymns

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In 1982 I wrote a hymn (A Sinner’s Meditation on Christ’s Death) and tune ( Ogilvie ), which were published under the title Sweet Thought i...
Saturday, December 12, 2009

Metrical Index of Tunes

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The following from Wordwise Hymns by Robert Cottrill “Tunes are grouped according to metre. This can be useful information if you wish to si...