Hymn meters
Hymn meters
A meter counts the syllables in each line of a hymn — 8.6.8.6 is “Common Meter”. Hymns that share a meter can swap tunes, so a congregation that knows one tune can sing many texts. Choose a meter to see its hymns and tunes and to hear any text sung to any tune.
- Common Meter (8.6.8.6)
- Long Meter (8.8.8.8)
- Short Meter (6.6.8.6)
- 7.7.7.7
- 7.6.7.6 D
- 8.7.8.7 D
- 8.7.8.7
- 8.8.8.8.8.8
- 7.7.7.7.7.7
- 7.7.7.7 D
- 8.7.8.7 with refrain
- 6.6.6.6.8.8
- 8.7.8.7.8.7
- Common Meter Double (8.6.8.6 D)
- 8.7.8.7.4.7
- 6.6.4.6.6.6.4
- 10.10.10.10
- 6.5.6.5 D
- 8.8.6.8.8.6
- 11.10.11.10
- Long Meter Double (8.8.8.8 D)
- 8.7.8.7.7.7
- Common Meter (8.6.8.6) with refrain
- 11.11.11.11
- 6.6.6.6.4.4.4.4
- 11.11.11.11 with refrain
- Short Meter Double (6.6.8.6 D)
- 7.7.7.7 with refrain
- 8.8.8.4
- 8.7.8.7 D with refrain
- 7.6.7.6 with refrain
- 6.5.6.5 D with refrain
- 6.4.6.4.6.6.6.4
- 7.6.7.6 D with refrain
- Long Meter (8.8.8.8) with refrain
- 7
- 11.10.11.10 with refrain
- 10.10.11.11
- 6.5.6.5
- 7.6.7.6
- 7.7.7.7.7
- 10.10.10.10.10.10
- 8.4.8.4.8.8.8.4
- 6.6.8.6.6.8
- 7.7.7.5
- 6.6.6.6
- 7.6.7.6.7.8.7.6