The Bible and Music

We discussed in class today the difference between speaking and chanting. Right away when asked about chanting, we  only thought of things in religious contexts, until Professor McGrath pointed out that there are also chants in other contests, such as at sports games. Then we read Psalm 8 multiple times line by line throughout the class and each time did it a little differently. Something interesting I noticed when we chanted it in the way with the variation at the end was how most people chose to go down in pitch. I suppose this is because that is what I personally am accustomed to from being a Roman Catholic and experiencing that in mass before. Catholicism is a fairly common religion so I would guess that is why people in class chose to vary the pitch in that specific way.