On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 10:23 AM, Micha Berger <<a href="mailto:micha@aishdas.org">micha@aishdas.org</a>> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
When r"l we need to say tehillim, the tune is usually a sad one. Things<br>
aren't going well for some choleh or in the matzav, and we are pleeing<br>
with HQBH.<br>
<br>
Is this really correct? (And among Chassidim, is this historically<br>
accurate?)<br>
</blockquote><div><br>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.<br>
<br>Saul<br></div></div>