The Bible and Music

Today we talked about how music changes over time accordance with the general population’s tastes as well as in order to serve different purposes throughout time. I don’t know much about music and had never considered the structural rules that define musical eras. I believed that there were a set number of existing notes and musicians simply put them together however they wanted; and different eras of music differed only by the tempo and/or the order in which the notes were put. I had never thought of music as having rules or being in any way connected to mathematics. My favorite song example shown today was “Wade In The Water” and it seems I should watch “Prince of Egypt” sometime soon. I still find myself a little lost when discussing religious context. For example, I know of moses parting the red sea, but I never really knew why; and I’d heard the word ‘Exodus’ and know it is associated with the Bible, but never knew that the parting of the red sea was included in this Biblical section/chapter/story. I’m looking forward to becoming more educated about religion, because even if I am not a religious person I still believe it is important to at least gain exposure and a basic knowledge of the topic.