Author: jdgreen1

In class today we watched different videos about the crucifixion of Jesus. One was of an interaction between Jesus and Nicodemus, the second one was the Anatomy of a scene-Featurette. In the second one, it was more cultural and confrontational then the first one. At the same time, the first one was was still a… Continue reading The Crucifixion of Jesus

  In this class lesson, we went over the translated text of St. Matthew and it’s clear that in the translated side, there is way more emotion that is shown and could be understood. Also slowing down the story to where it can give us a chance to take a moment to feel the emotion… Continue reading The Crucifixion of Jesus and its Significance

In class, we talked about different text and music through Isaiah. Also with the topic of Handel Messiah. We started class with Messiah being Hebrew. Christ being Greek They Both come together and mean the same word. This word being anointed or the anointed one. Being anointed means having oil or a liquid speared on… Continue reading The Handel’s Messiah

Some may appreciate old types of music but don’t actually listen to it. It doesn’t really reach this newer generation. We tend to find that type of music like opera and classical to be boring. Also a lot of people tend to only find enjoyment of listening to music that’s more fast paced and upbeat.… Continue reading Opera/Musical and the Bible Stories

On Thursday the 16th’s class we talked about all the different ways there is to make music and sounds. I thought it was cool how you can just put some different sounds and it makes a whole beat. These beats that are made by “clap”, “shout”, etc, are how some of the best songs are… Continue reading Creating Music With Apps/Sites

In a song, you can make a lot of different songs/sounds with just only five notes. We enjoy the things that happen in music because it’s something familiar to us. When people make covers of a song, most don’t like the fact that it’s different from the original. Different people singing the book of Genesis,… Continue reading Genesis to Music

In chapter 3 we talked about chanting and how the overall christianity community stemmed from judaism. Chanting can be used a melodic way and it can sound very powerful and beautiful. I’m a christian and in our church, chanting is in the form of speaking in tongues and in praise and worship. Our praise team… Continue reading Chanting and Some of Its Forms

Psalms 23 is a very common scripture that is in sing song. I never thought of the Bible to be songs. the Bible is not always easy to understand. It’s almost like poetry/riddles that you have to look deeper to get the hidden message. Amazing Grace being a common meter. It’s so unique how one… Continue reading Bible Translations

On August 31st, we learned some of the history of the biblical music and the instruments way back then. They used a lute or lyre. The lyre was similar to a harp. Another thing is the oldest song in the world…I didn’t expect it to sound the way it does. It’s in a different language… Continue reading Ancient Music