[Avodah] Mood of Tehillim

[Saul Guberman]

On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 10:23 AM, Micha Berger <micha at aishdas.org> wrote:

> When r"l we need to say tehillim, the tune is usually a sad one. Things
> aren't going well for some choleh or in the matzav, and we are pleeing
> with HQBH.
>
> Is this really correct? (And among Chassidim, is this historically
> accurate?)
>

To me, this is all situational dependent.  The tehillim of Hallel, Kabbalat
Shabbat & before bentching are all upbeat tunes. The Mizmor L'David sung at
Sueda Shilshit is not sung upbeat.

Saul
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