Excerpt from Psalms and Canticles Selected and Pointed for Chanting
The bar marks (|) correspond to the bars of the music; and the colon (:) and the concluding stop of each verse, to the double bars.
The point (.) divides between the syllables which are to be sung to each minim, or its equivalent, when there are three separate syllables between the bars.
The horizontal line (?) signifies that the preceding syllable is to be prolonged for the time marked by the line.
An asterisk (*) at the beginning of a verse shows that the second part of the chant, if it be a double one, should be repeated. This is not marked when it is the last verse that is the odd one.
All that precedes the first bar mark of each half verse is called the recitation. It should be sung distinctly, and with the natural emphasis of the words; without hurry, but not in slower time than that of clear and deliberate reading.
The close of the recitation, beginning with the syllable on which the accent is marked, should be sung in time, equal to a measure of two beats, or minims, of the Chant.
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