Need help getting started singing the melodies (tunes) from the Scottish Psalmody (1650 version) split psalter? This page gives you access to all of the melodies in the split Psalter (the companion to The Psalms of David “black book”). You can listen online or download the tunes as desired, but you may benefit from first listening to the introductory “Listen to This First” audio file to gain an understanding of how the recordings can be best used, and also allow you to become familiar with the split Psalter. Most recordings have the melody first sung twice without words, followed by singing of the first two stanzas of the Psalm recommended in the Metrical Index of Tunes at the front of the psalter (“The Scottish Psalmody”, Staff edition). Melodies are listed in numerical order, per the Split Psalter numbering system. You can find an alphabetical cross reference after the melody listings towards the bottom of this page. Select the “Group” files to hear an assembly of people singing.
Our congregation typically uses a subset of the available melodies available in the split Psalter. These particular melodies are noted in the first list below. Melodies, in some instances, vary from what is given in the split Psalter.
Minor melodies are noted in italics.
Melodies as sung in our congregation:
St. Andrew
St. Minver
St. Paul
Stroudwater
Tallis
Melodies “by the book”:
000 Listen to This First
001 Angels Song
002 Carsselius
003 Duke Street (Group)
004 Doversdale
005 Finnart
006 Hereford
007 Herongate
008 Mainzer
009 Melcombe
010 Old One Hundreth (Group)
011 Retreat (Group)
012 Rockingham (Group)
013 Saxony
014 Soldau (Group)
015 Tallis Canon
016 Uffingham
017 Walton
018 Wareham
019 Warrington
020 Abbey
021 Arden
022 Argyle
023 Arnold (Group)
024 Artaxerxes (Group)
025 Ayrshire (Group 1)
025 Ayrshire (Group 2)
026 Babels Streams
027 Balfour
028 Ballerma
029 Bangor
030 Barrow
031 Bedford
032 Belgrave
033 Belmont (Group)
034 Bishopthorpe
035 Blackbourn
036 Bloxham (Group)
037 Bristol
038 Caithness
039 Caroline
040 Cheshire
041 Colchester (Group)
042 Coleshill (Group)
043 Consolation
044 Contemplation (Group)
045 Crediton (Group)
046 Crimond
047 Culross
048 Cunningham
049 Denfield (Group)
050 Dundee (Group)
051 Dunfermline
052 Durham
053 Eastgate
054 Eatington
055 Eden
056 Effingham
057 Elgin
058 Ericstane (Group)
059 Evan (Group)
060 Farningham (Group)
061 Farrant
062 Felix (Group)
063 Free Church (Group)
064 French (Group 1)
064 French (Group 2)
065 Gainsborough
066 Glasgow
067 Glencairn
068 Glenluce (Group)
069 Gloucester
070 Grafenberg
071 Hamilton
072 Haresfield
073 Harrington
074 Hermon
075 Howard (Group)
076 Huddersfield (Group)
077 Irish
078 Jackson (Group)
079 Kilmarnock (Group)
080 Lancaster
081 Liverpool
082 London New (Group)
083 Lyra
084 Manchester
085 Martyrdom (Group 1)
085 Martyrdom (Group 2)
086 Martyrs
087 Milton
088 Montrose
089 Moravia
090 Morven (Group)
091 Naomi (Group)
092 New Lydia
093 Newington (Group)
094 Notting Hill
095 Orlington
096 Orphans
097 Paisley
098 Palestrina (Group)
099 Peckham
100 Pembroke
101 Praetorius
102 Rest
103 Richmond
104 St Agnes Durham (Group)
105 St Andrew
106 St Anne
107 St Bernard
108 Botolph (Group)
109 St Columbia (Group)
110 St David
111 St Etheldreda (Group)
112 St Falvian
113 St Fulbert
114 St Gregory
115 St James
116 St Kilda
117 St Lawrence (Group 1)
118 St Leonard
119 St Magnus (Group)
120 St Mary
121 St Matthias
122 St Minver (Group)
123 St Neot (Group)
124 St Paul (Group)
125 St Peter
126 St Stephen
127 St Thomas
128 Salzburg
129 Sawley (Group 1)
129 Sawley (Group 2)
130 Sheffield (Group)
131 Southwark (Group)
132 Southwell
133 Spohr (Group)
134 Stockton
135 Stornoway
136 Stracathro (Group)
137 Stroudwater
138 Tallis (Group)
139 Tiverton
140 Torwood (Group 1)
140 Torwood (Group 2)
141 University
142 Walsall
143 Warwick (Group)
144 Westminster
145 Wetherby
145 Wetherby (Group)
146 Wigtown
147 Wiltshire (Group 1)
147 Wiltshire (Group 2)
148 Winchester (Group)
149 York
150 Ladywell
151 Old 22nd
152 Old 44th
153 Old 81st
154 Petersham
155 Psalm 107
156 St Asaph
157 St Matthew
158 Weymouth
159 Aynhoe
160 Bucer
161 Carlisle
162 Dennis (Group)
163 Franconia (Group)
164 Garelochside
165 Hampton
166 Kerry
167 Malan (Group)
168 Narenza
169 Old 134th St Michael (Group)
170 Prague
171 St Bride
172 St Olave
173 Selma
174 Serenity
175 Shere
176 Song 20
177 Southwell
178 Swabia
179 Zurich
180 Lawes
181 Leichars (Group)
182 St Ceclia
183 Hawarden
184 Heber
185 Crofts 136th
186 Darwall
187 Lawes
188 St John
189 Geneva
190 Duries 124th
191 Old 124th
Alphabetical Cross Reference
CM = Common Metre (8686) DCM = Double Common Metre (8686 + 8686) LM = Long Metre (8888) SM = Short Metre (6686)
Name | Melody Number | Metre |
Abbey | 20 | CM |
Angels’ Song | 1 | LM |
Arden | 21 | CM |
Argyle | 22 | CM |
Arnold | 23 | CM |
Artaxerxes | 24 | CM |
Aynhoe | 159 | SM |
Ayrshire | 25 | CM |
Babel’s Streams | 26 | CM |
Balfour | 27 | CM |
Ballerma | 28 | CM |
Bangor | 29 | CM |
Barrow | 30 | CM |
Bedford | 31 | CM |
Belgrave | 32 | CM |
Belmont | 33 | CM |
Bishopthorpe | 34 | CM |
Blackbourn | 35 | CM |
Bloxham | 36 | CM |
Bristol | 37 | CM |
Bucer | 160 | SM |
Caithness | 38 | CM |
Carlisle | 161 | SM |
Caroline | 39 | CM |
Cheshire | 40 | CM |
Colchester | 41 | CM |
Coleshill | 42 | CM |
Consolation | 43 | CM |
Contemplation | 44 | CM |
Crasselius | 2 | LM |
Crediton | 45 | CM |
Crimond | 46 | CM |
Croft’s 136th | 185 | 66 66 88 |
Culross | 47 | CM |
Cunningham | 48 | CM |
Darwall | 186 | 66 66 88 |
Denfield | 49 | CM |
Dennis | 162 | SM |
Doversdale | 3 | LM |
Duke Street | 4 | LM |
Dundee | 50 | CM |
Dunfermline | 51 | CM |
Durham | 52 | CM |
Durie’s 124th | 190 | 10 10 10 10 10 |
Eastgate | 53 | CM |
Eatington | 54 | CM |
Eden | 55 | CM |
Effingham | 56 | CM |
Elgin | 57 | CM |
Ericstan | 58 | CM |
Evan | 59 | CM |
Name | Melody Number | Metre |
Farningham | 60 | CM |
Farrant | 61 | CM |
Felix | 62 | CM |
Finnart | 5 | LM |
Fraconia | 163 | SM |
Free Church | 63 | CM |
French | 64 | CM |
Gainsborough | 65 | CM |
Garelochside | 164 | SM |
Geneva | 189 | 87 87 D |
Glasgow | 66 | CM |
Glencairn | 67 | CM |
Glenluce | 68 | CM |
Gloucester | 69 | CM |
Grafenberg | 70 | CM |
Hamilton | 71 | CM |
Hampton | 165 | SM |
Haresfield | 72 | CM |
Harington | 73 | CM |
Hawarden | 183 | 66 66 D |
Heber | 184 | 66 66 D |
Hereford | 6 | LM |
Hermon | 74 | CM |
Herongate | 7 | LM |
Howard | 75 | CM |
Huddersfield | 76 | CM |
Irish | 77 | CM |
Jackson | 78 | CM |
Kerry | 166 | SM |
Kilmarnock | 79 | CM |
Ladywell | 150 | DCM |
Lancaster | 80 | CM |
Lawes (Psalm 32) | 180 | 66 66 |
Lawes (Psalm 47) | 187 | 66 66 88 |
Leuchars | 181 | 66 66 |
Liverpool | 81 | CM |
London New | 82 | CM |
Lyra | 83 | CM |
Mainzer | 8 | LM |
Malan | 167 | SM |
Manchester | 84 | CM |
Martyrdom | 85 | CM |
Martyrs | 86 | CM |
Melcombe | 9 | LM |
Milton | 87 | CM |
Montrose | 88 | CM |
Moravia | 89 | CM |
Morven | 90 | CM |
Naomi | 91 | CM |
Narenze | 168 | SM |
Name | Melody Number | Metre |
New Lydia | 92 | CM |
Newington | 93 | CM |
Notting Hill | 94 | CM |
Old 100th | 10 | LM |
Old 124th | 191 | 10 10 10 10 10 |
Old 134th | 169 | SM |
Old 22nd | 151 | DCM |
Old 44th | 152 | DCM |
Old 81st | 153 | DCM |
Orlington | 95 | CM |
Orphan’s | 96 | CM |
Paisley | 97 | CM |
Palestrina | 98 | CM |
Peckham | 99 | CM |
Pembroke | 100 | CM |
Petersham | 154 | DCM |
Praetorius | 101 | CM |
Prague | 170 | SM |
Psalm 107 | 155 | DCM |
Rest | 102 | CM |
Retreat | 11 | LM |
Richmond | 103 | CM |
Rockingham | 12 | LM |
Salzburg | 128 | CM |
Sawley | 129 | CM |
Saxony | 13 | LM |
Selma | 173 | SM |
Serenity | 174 | SM |
Sheffield | 130 | CM |
Shere | 175 | SM |
Soldau | 14 | LM |
Song 20 | 176 | SM |
Southwark | 131 | CM |
Southwell | 132 | CM |
Southwell | 177 | SM |
Spohr | 133 | CM |
St. Agnes | 104 | CM |
St. Andrew | 105 | CM |
St. Anne | 106 | CM |
St. Asaph | 156 | DCM |
St. Bernard | 107 | CM |
St. Botolph | 108 | CM |
St. Bride | 171 | SM |
St. Cecilia | 182 | 66 66 |
St. Columba | 109 | CM |
St. David | 110 | CM |
St. Etheldreda | 111 | CM |
St. Flavian | 112 | CM |
St. Fulbert | 113 | CM |
St. Gregory | 114 | CM |
Name | Melody Number | Metre |
St. James | 115 | CM |
St. John | 188 | 66 66 88 |
St. Kilda | 116 | CM |
St. Lawrence | 117 | CM |
St. Leonard | 118 | CM |
St. Magnus | 119 | CM |
St. Mary | 120 | CM |
St. Matthew | 157 | DCM |
St. Matthias | 121 | CM |
St. Minver | 122 | CM |
St. Neot | 123 | CM |
St. Olave | 172 | SM |
St. Paul | 124 | CM |
St. Peter | 125 | CM |
St. Stephen | 126 | CM |
St. Thomas | 127 | CM |
Stockton | 134 | CM |
Stornoway | 135 | CM |
Stracathro | 136 | CM |
Stroudwater | 137 | CM |
Swabia | 178 | SM |
Tallis | 138 | CM |
Tallis’ Cannon | 15 | LM |
Tiverton | 139 | CM |
Torwood | 140 | CM |
Uffingham | 16 | LM |
University | 141 | CM |
Walsall | 142 | CM |
Walton | 17 | LM |
Wareham | 18 | LM |
Warrington | 19 | LM |
Warwick | 143 | CM |
Westminster | 144 | CM |
Wetherby | 145 | CM |
Weymouth | 158 | DCM |
Wigtown | 146 | CM |
Wiltshire | 147 | CM |
Winchester | 148 | CM |
York | 149 | CM |
Zurich | 179 | SM |