Tunes
In the complete edition of 1562 only 124 tunes were used for the 150 Psalms. Hence some of them are used repeatedly. 15 tunes occur twice, 4 tunes occur three times and 1 occurs four times, in the following combinations:
- psalm 5 and 64
- psalm 14 and 53
- psalm 17, 63 and 70
- psalm 18 and 144
- psalm 24, 62, 95 and 111
- psalm 28 and 109
- psalm 30, 76 and 139
- psalm 31 and 71
- psalm 33 and 67
- psalm 36 and 68
- psalm 46 and 82
- psalm 51 and 69
- psalm 60 and 108
- psalm 65 and 72
- psalm 66, 98 and 118
- psalm 74 and 116
- psalm 77 and 86
- psalm 78 and 90
- psalm 100, 131 and 142
- psalm 117 and 127
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