Anecdotally, so just a comment: I routinely read Pesukim with Trop. It comes naturally for me and I find it easier to remember things as well. I know at least one of my Rebbeim from High School (an excellent Baal Koreh) definitely did (and I assume still does) the same. The only place I see a real issue is Aseres Hadibros. There are two different sets of Trop, and more importantly, alignments of Pesukim for "study" vs. "layn in Shul". But other than that, I can't see how it would be a problem.

And not quite the same, but possibly related: Our Shul is planning on Eichah via Zoom. Unlike Torah reading (or even Megillas Esther) there are no Brachos or Minyan issues. But I assume it will be with the traditional Trop.

@manassehkatz I assume we can do this privately, but, as you said and I tried to get at (maybe not clearly enough), doing it in public as part of a service might be different.

when you look in your chumash at the 10 dibrot, you will see 2 sets of trop notation -- one for when you lain and one for when you study. To my eyes, this points to an expectation that even out of shul, you will use the trop.

@rosends my question is more about whether you can use the trop in shul in this context. I've edited to clarify, thanks.

@manassehkatz someone can certainly read eikha via zoom, but no one but the reader can fulfill their obligation that way (at least, on the mainstream position; as is now pretty well known R' Moshe Feinstein thought one could be lenient in dire circumstances which this isn't since people can read along and don't need a scroll)

@rosends that's the "sefardi" understanding. the "ashkenazi" understanding is one is for reading on shvauot and one is for reading the weekly parsha. (I use quotes because that a major simplification of who historically exactly thought what, and probably neither is an original reason)

@AA My Shul (Ashkenazi) uses the alternate Trop for both Shabbos and Shavuos, as noted in the Artscroll Stone Chumash page 415.

@manasseh apparently your shul has adopted a sefardi custom. it's not the biggest deal either way, of course, since you certainly still fulfill your obligation. (if i had to guess it's due to an influence of chassidim/"sfard" type nusach. artscroll also only prints the sefardi aliya breaks for haazinu, so they are hardly a reliable source for different customs.)

https://he.wikisource.org/wiki/%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%97%D7%9F_%D7%A2%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%9A_%D7%90%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%97_%D7%97%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9D_%D7%A1%D7%90_%D7%9B%D7%91

@AA There are actually a few Nusach Sefard-ish customs in my Shul for historical (60+ years ago) reasons. But until this conversation, I had no idea that this particular custom was not standard Ashkenazi practice. I know Artscroll is not an absolute - our rules are essentially "If it isn't in the Gabbai handbook then go according to Artscroll". As far as Haazinu, that is an eternal controversy in our Shul - effectively "Baal Koreh's choice"

along with "Where do you start Layning on the first day of Chanukah?"

@AA What obligation is there in the reading of Eicha that it needs to be "fulfilled" in a particular way?

@magicker72 sounds like a new question to me.

@AA I just checked with my LOR and he said no need to say/read along with Zoom Eicha.

@magicker https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=20026&st=&pgnum=224