The previous class made me realize that the Bible has been interpreted many times in many different ways. I think it is interesting to see how the Bible shows up in a lot of songs and other things. I am looking forward to this class because I think it is going to be interesting to… Continue reading History of the Bible and Music

As we read through chapters two and three, there are a few things that seem to scream at me from within the page. The biggest of which is the variance of the styles of chanting. It amazes me that there are not just multiple ways to chant in different regions of the world, but the… Continue reading Chanting Across the Cultural Boundaries

I have grown up in a house of faith. It’s always been around like a strong, guiding presence in my life. As such, I have been exposed to a vast quantity of songs in the Christian faith, both hymns and contemporary, through my parents. No car ride was complete without the playing of the local… Continue reading A Strange Phenomenon

Seeing the modern chanting is very interesting in comparison to what they believe to be most similar to the original chanting patterns done by Christians and Jews. Both versions have a very nice melody however, I might enjoy listening to the more modern New York City chant a little more. Although chanting would not be… Continue reading A New Understanding to Chanting

When viewing images of written ancient sheet music, I knew it would appear different than sheet music we use today. Truthfully, I don’t know too much about sheet music but with my minimum knowledge, I know that modern sheet music has notes instructing for instruments as well as words to sing. Ancient sheet music only… Continue reading Ancient “Covers”

In class August 31, we learned about different kinds of music and music in the Bible. It was interesting to learn about the music that is in the Bible. I have never thought about the Bible in a musical way. We talked about the oldest music, which the first music made was with our voices.… Continue reading Music in the Bible

I was very surprised that, even though it is considered chanting, it still is very musically based and has many characteristics of singing a normal song. Those chanting often still added flourishes and did not chant in the same tone throughout the song. Also, I saw in the example from New York City that at… Continue reading Chanting Different Songs from the Hebrew Bible

I found it very interesting to learn that one of the reasons chanting/singing was used is because as the crowds grew larger, they needed a way to be heard. So they chanted/sang simply because they thought it projected the sound more and made their voices heard. I also find irony in the fact that if… Continue reading Projection

There is a video attached in Chapter 2: Chanting the Hebrew Bible in “The Bible and Music” book, that is looks like a modern setting of chanting in a synagogue in New York City. This was very interesting to me because we have been talking about chanting in an ancient context, so it was cool… Continue reading Modern Chanting

I thought it was really interesting how, some of the instruments mentioned in The Bible, like a lyre, can still be recreated and even played. This can help us understand the type of musical background that my accompany the lyrics given to us in various areas of scripture. It also allows modern-day artists and songwriters… Continue reading Recreating Old Instruments