The Bible and Music

Class today, covered a wide range of topics. We covered everything from chants at a basketball game to chants in ancient times. I found it interesting that we can connect topics from vastly different times periods. Chanting is used in religious settings and is normally a simple, basic tone. It used to proclaim phrases or verses. There are ways to make anything into a chant. There are so many ancient components to these chants that I never would’ve thought about before. The ancient scrolls and symbols, all connect to making of current day rhythm.

During class, we each had to chant different phrases of a psalm. This was definitely out of my comfort zone and something I wasn’t super comfortable with. It just was something I wasn’t used to and really had never done in a group setting. I hope this isn’t something we do every class, but maybe once in awhile. I am curious to see and hear what else is going to come from this class.