Chant the Psalms as David did!

The earliest instrument used for religious purposes was actually the lyre or kinnor or kithara( all small u-shaped harps). With caution, the acoustic guitar can evoke the mystical sound and awe of the early Levites in the Temple. Let's bring back reverence to our liturgies!

[@jesseysamy1061]

Thank you for the beautiful chanting of the Psalm🙏

[@charleyjr.iriarte7428]

That sounds very encouraging! So I can just keep one note as I pray!!!! Or two notes! Yes!

[@The12thSeahorse]

Gee....you know a lot! This is the very....very....first video on chanting the Psalms on a string instrument I have come across. What a blessing KZbin can be!

[@rfm231]

Beautifully sung, beautifully done. If you sang and recorded every 150 psalms I'd buy every one. Thank you for sharing your gift and skill of singing /praying. + AMDG +

[@j.drachel7367]

@@WatchersfortheSonofMan You have 2 new and happy subscribers, in myself and my daughter! Many thanks Victor ❤🇬🇧

[@j.drachel7367]

@@WatchersfortheSonofMan Yes, I'm looking forward to hearing your recordings! I started life as a choirister, but, wandered off, a lost sheep. I was found again in, March. I'm thrilled to be reminded of singing the psalms! You will be filling our house with your music! Thank you

[@j.drachel7367]

@@WatchersfortheSonofManYes, the first thing I do every morning, is give my thanks to the Lord! I still can't believe He saved me, in these perilous times. "Amazing Grace" has become precious to me. I sing it often, and often tearfully! Your channel is a blessing

[@j.drachel7367]

@@WatchersfortheSonofMan Thank You for your encouragement. I am praying for that, daily. There is still much traditional worship here, in lovely, old churches. Still choirs learning "O Come Let Us Adore Him"! Carols from Kings College Choir, Cambridge, play every Christmas Eve, on the radio, and are my official start to the season! This year, in our village, residents have created wonderful vignettes of Nativity scenes, in their gardens. It did my heart so much good, when I happened upon, my first set of shepherds! I forgot to mention previously, my thanks for the mango! It was "virtually" delicious!

[@j.drachel7367]

@@WatchersfortheSonofMan How lovely. Thank You. We look forward to it! ❤

[@adrianpatangui1575]

I am falling in love with the Hours more and more.

[@j.drachel7367]

Oh my, I am so joyful that I stumbled upon your channel! I have never played guitar, I think I may need to save up for one! Thank You and God bless 😊❤🇬🇧

[@aahlstrom93]

Beautiful use of the guitar. I used to be very close minded when it came to using the guitar in liturgy or in worship in general, but this soft style of guitar (which I first saw used by John Michael Talbot) is very beautiful and does legitimately remind me of David and his harp.

[@juditozamora9832]

I love memorizing psalms and now the songs. Nice!

[@nottechytutorials]

I remember seeing comments from people complaining about music being used for worship music in church, and its like, did they ever read psalms? Some of them say they were played on a stringed instrument. The beginning of your video where you struck the chords sounded nice, but the gentle strumming and the voice being the central point is also very nice. I just found out about "metrical Psalms" yesterday and I think it would be great if my church sang psalms too (how come I never knew about this before?! Psalms were meant to be sung).

[@spilkafurtseva1918]

I totally agree but I imagine what those people were complaining about was praise and worship/contemporary, folk etc. being done and done *badly*

[@nottechytutorials]

@@spilkafurtseva1918 mayhaps

[@dereksanchez1715]

If you found time for a labour's of love to put that in book format I would be so thrilled. I've known only the protestant tradition and get very disappointed with some of the lyrical themes. But sure have come to absolutely love the pure worship of just sticking to the psalms. It truly keeps it central to God and God only.

[@ryancarter6876]

Thanks

[@mikmik5015]

Thank you Lord for this channel. As a cantor i want to learn chant

[@ANIND123]

Though the guitar is not appropriate for the Mass and in the context of the Church, this is quite beautiful for a private devotion. In Churches the organ does a similar accompament to Gregorian Chant

[@ANIND123]

@@WatchersfortheSonofMan yes, the Church i go to does polyphony spairingly. All the Introits, Kyrie, Angus Dei, Glorias, Credos, Tracts, Alleluias, ect. are said in monophonic chant with Organ accompament in some of the larger chants. This accompament is in the form of cords rather than just drones. The Offertory is ussually where polyphony is used along with the processional hymns

[@monkofeternalknowledge7109]

AMAZING!!!!

[@eneal2056]

This has been very helpful in teaching me to sing the Divine Office. Thank you!

[@yoshimizudo]

Thank you it was beautifully done! It was what I was looking for. God Bless you. Amen. Shalom.

[@CalmChords]

Beautiful psalms!! Thank you for sharing, I just subscribed!

[@ZacFitzsimmonsMusic]

That’s really interesting. Thanks for this!

[@carltonpoindexter2034]

I've owned that volume for over thirty years and never noticed the psalm tones. I am so embarrassed i.e. after years of making up my own tones! Thank you

[@WatchersfortheSonofMan]

My pleasure. The tones therein are well-composed, but it helps to use the same scales that the Levitical choirs did to gain more intimacy with the original sounds. Thanks for your comment.

[@williamdunson7163]

Wonderful Victor as I said in other post you are a blessing and talent of the Lord.

[@mikmik5015]

Yes really and i am happy for people using their talent to praise God

[@steviegeez8032]

Thank you !! Been trying to learn how to do this for a few years and had no one to teach me. You make it sound easy. Hope I can pull it off

[@steviegeez8032]

@@WatchersfortheSonofMan I've led a small group of seniors that I taught how to say "Morning Prayer". We gather every morning before daily mass. I'd tried to introduce chanting (using my own tones) but got frustrated because my tones always changed. I just couldn't be consistent which confused the group. You've put my conscience at ease by saying it's okay to make up your own tone but it has to be consistent. What you've introduced me to are the tones used in the "Christian Prayer" book which we've always used bit I never knew about the instructions in the back of the book with the tones. Now I have something to go by and once I get the group familiar with them we should be off and running. Wish I hadn't given away my guitar. Thanks again and I'll keep referencing your videos to broaden my tone vocabulary.

[@ld8516]

Brother, your wife must just love listening to you. Praise God for your gift(s). So wish i was as such...maybe the Kinnor? If not have to settle for forks & spoons

[@matheusempixels]

Great video! Thanks!

[@matheusempixels]

@@WatchersfortheSonofMan Victor, how can I find your recordings at modernpsalter.com? The recordings I found there are the psalms sang with modern music, but I want to hear the psalms sang the way you present in your videos. Are there any recordings made this way? I am thinking of recording the psalms the way you taught, maybe with more instruments like the piano together with the guitar.

[@matheusempixels]

@@WatchersfortheSonofMan I heard them and they are beautiful!

[@matheusempixels]

@@WatchersfortheSonofMan I just learned the Hebrew scale you taught, are there other kinds? I did some research and found about the Prhygian Dominant scale. Seems the way to dive into the music that was played in David times.

[@anthonyman8008]

Subbed

[@spartadivinelight5956]

It's so beutyfull

[@spartadivinelight5956]

I got guitar and really want learn to know how to play a psalm i dont know

[@spartadivinelight5956]

Just like that?Thank you. I will try it for sure.i quees i have to feel it.

[@leekflower1]

Looking for help with the responsorial psalms for extended Pentecost vigil that sound like this. Can you point me in the direction of a name or style of chant and chords to accompany it?

[@ski9392]

Wow! This is EXACTLY what I've been searching for in regards to music to worship Jesus Christ! I am not trying to be rude, but to me (in my opinion) I just do not like contemporary Church music. I feel that it just doesn't have any power, or strength. But with you chanting the Psalm and just using 2 chords, it felt like THIS is how we should worship Jesus Christ. I also play guitar, can you please tell me why you chose the chords Dminor and C? Could I have played the song with Eminor and G Major, for instance? Thank you for this great video.

[@ski9392]

@@WatchersfortheSonofMan Oh excellent! Thank you for the nice reply and God bless you, bro!

[@seancanyon59]

Amen brother :) I've been wondering how David sang psalms.

[@seancanyon59]

Psalms

[@arishdavejaug3963]

can you do it in a ukulele?

[@elynxvlog7770]

Please can you show the chords please thank you.

[@margaretmcdonald2813]

Can you sing psalm 148 please?

[@margaretmcdonald2813]

@@WatchersfortheSonofMan thank you 😍

[@mrskinner3203]

The Neocatechumenals use guitar to accompany singing of the psalms for the same reasons you have given. Not sure if you know of them.

[@mrskinner3203]

​@@WatchersfortheSonofMan In Neocatechumenal celebrations, songs for the general assembly are in the main strummed on the guitar, but when praying the liturgy of the hours (lauds/vespers) in a community setting, psalm tones are used which are plucked as you have explained.

[@redwoodsorel5173]

It sounds more catholic than jewish...don't you think? There's a video titled the original 3000 year old Melody of psalm 113 that d I ends more Jewish. ..at least to me

[@John-tx8gs]

If guitar is ever used in liturgy, it should be done like this. Everything else is too distracting and not conducive to prayer. This however is excellent.

[@John-tx8gs]

@@WatchersfortheSonofMan Thanks for this video. Could you do something like this for the Divine Office Night Prayers? If not, no problem.