Octo Toni Psalmorum

Learn the psalm tones! W provide you the pattern in square notation, the same pattern in MP3 and example of the real psalm for listening.

Primus tonus Psalm tone #1
Secundus tonus Psalm tone #2
Tertius tonus Psalm tone #3
Quartus tonus Psalm tone #4

Psalterium

Psalm 109 Dixit Dominus. Christ's exaltation and everlasting priesthood.
Psalm 110 Confitebor tibi, Domine. God is to be praised for his graces, and benefits to his church. Alleluia.
Psalm 111 Beatus vir. The good man is happy. Alleluia, of the returning of Aggeus and Zacharias. Of the returning, etc. This is in the Greek and Latin, but not in the Hebrew. It signifies that this psalm was proper to be sung at the time of the return of the people from their captivity; to inculcate to them, how happy they might be, if they would be constant in the service of God.
Psalm 112 Laudate, pueri. God is to be praised for his regard to the poor and humble. Alleluia.
Psalm 116 Laudate Dominum. All nations are called upon to praise God for his mercy and truth. Alleluia.
Psalm 121 Laetatus sum in his. The desire and hope of the just for the coming of the kingdom of God, and the peace of his church.
Psalm 126 Nisi Dominus. Nothing can be done without God's grace and blessing.
Psalm 147 Lauda, Jerusalem. The church is called upon to praise God for his peculiar graces and favours to his people. In the [later] Hebrew, this Psalm 147 is joined to Psalm 146 and Psalm 9 verses 22-39 become Psalm 10, giving different numbers to Psalms 10-146. Alleluia.