Author: kmcglothin

In class on Thursday, 9/23, we listed to music by Handel. The song I recognized was “Hallelujah”. I never had looked into who wrote that song and how old it was until we went over it in class. I found that it was composed in 1741. I did not know it was that old of… Continue reading Christianity in Entertainment

Class Tuesday, 09/21, made me think about all the different types of performances we see that depict the Bible’s stories and messages. In class we watched a small clip from the cartoon children’s movie, “Prince of Egypt.” This made me think about other ways the Bible has been performed and “promoted.” I decided to look… Continue reading Biblical Movies

Today (09/16) in class we explored different websites and apps that can be used to create music. I was not aware of how many there are. I have only used a couple before, such as GarageBand because it comes with my IOS devices and I was curious what it was. I have also had a… Continue reading Music Creation

In class on 09/14, we focused on Genesis 1-31 and how it has been interpreted. Although I have not read much of the Bible, I have read Genesis 1-31 with it being the beginning and and key section in the bible. It was really interesting to me to listen to the musical interpretations of Genesis.… Continue reading Storytelling through Music

Trying to set a Biblical text to music is more of a challenge than I expected. When we were working on this is class on 09/09, I thought the task was not going to be as difficult as it was. However, I kept getting stuck. I did not want to choose a tune like the… Continue reading Song challenge

Something I found interesting in class on 09/07 was how many different tunes could be set to the same lyrics. Some that we experimented with were well known tunes like the ABCs/Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and Amazing Grace. Although these tunes work with different lyrics, it does not mean they will sound right together. An… Continue reading The “Common Meter” and Bay Psalm Book

It is really interesting to see how far music has evolved as time has passed. When I listened to the videos embedded in the reading (for 8/31), such as “The oldest song in the world” it was not what I was not a type of music I have listened to before. What it reminded me… Continue reading the influence of ancient instruments and music

When I was reading “2. Chanting the Hebrew Bible” for class today, I learned that there is no clear answer to what the Psalms sounded like. There are clues such as cantillation marks found in old manuscripts of the Hebrew Bible. The marks are above and below the consonants. However, the original meaning of the… Continue reading Unsolved meaning of ancient scriptures