Category talk:Hymn meters

Consulting the metrical indices for hymn tunes in sundry hymnals, there seem to be two major systems of organization. However, finding 88.88 in a hymntune index is rare; this meter is almost always categorized as "LM", and the listings for the three customary abbreviations (SM, CM, LM) and their derivatives, "with refrain", and the abbreviations for the doubled forms- SMD, CMD, LMD, all precede the numerically designated categories.

This organizations system may be worth consideration.

ns 2006 April 11 1708 CDT

There probably eventually needs to be a "search tips" section, to warn users of certain metrical pitfalls, e.g., that an 87.87.87.87 tune may fit iambic but not trochaic texts, or vice versa, or that a text with a meter 87.87.337 may have been fitted to a tune with a meter of 87.87.67. Also, capitalization matters, at least for the first character.

ns 2006 April 11 1713 CDT.

The hymn tune categories with more than nine syllables in the first line, should not be listed under "1". I know this is possible, and will work it out at some point in the near future; if someone else does it before I get to it, a brief description about how it is accomplished would be valuable.

ns 2006 April 11 1732 CDT

On the category page of each hymn metre with 10 or more syllables in the first line, say for example the category [[Category:10.10.10]], assign the category like this:

[[Category:Hymn meters|~10.10.10]]

The metre will then be grouped along with the ~ character, which sorts after 9, and is at least a slight improvement on having these metres sort under the heading of 1.

--Pml 01:03:24, 2006-04-12 (PDT)