MUSIC
-Teachers of
1Ch 15:22; 25:7,8; 2Ch 23:13
-Physical effect of, on man
1Sa 6:15,16
-Discoursed during the offering of sacrifices
2Ch 29:27,28
-Precentor
Ne 12:42
-Chief musician
Ne 12:42; Hab 3:19
-Chambers for musicians in the temple, in Ezekiel's vision
Eze 40:44
-In heaven
Re 5:8,9; 14:2,3; 15:2,3
-INSTRUMENTS OF
Invented by Jubal
Ge 4:21
Invented by David
1Ch 23:5; 2Ch 7:6; 29:26; Am 6:5
Made by Solomon
1Ki 10:12; 2Ch 9:11; Ec 2:8
Made by Tyrians
Eze 28:13
CORNET
Da 3:5,7,10
See TRUMPET
CYMBAL
See CYMBAL
DULCIMER, a double pipe
Da 3:5,10,15
FLUTE
Da 3:5,7,10,15
GITTITH, a stringed instrument
Ps 8; 81; 84
HARP
See HARP
ORGAN, probably composed of pipes furnishing a number of
notes
Ge 4:21; Job 21:12; 30:31; Ps 150:4
PIPE
See PIPE
PSALTERY
See PSALTERY
SACKBUT, a harp
Da 3:5,7,10,15
TABRET
See TIMBREL
TIMBREL, a tambourine
See TIMBREL
TRUMPET
See TRUMPET
VIOL, a lyre
Isa 5:12; 14:11; Am 5:23; 6:5
-SYMBOLS USED IN
-ALAMOTH
(Literally virgins)
A musical term which appears in
1Ch 15:20
And in the title of
Ps 46:1
(It seems to indicate the rendering of the song by female
voices, possibly soprano)
-AL-TASCHITH
It appears in the titles of
Ps 57:1; 58:1; 59:1; 75:1
(it seems to have been used to indicate the kind of ode, or
the kind of melody in which the ode should be sung.)
-HIGGAION
Ps 92:3
(According to Gesenius, it signifies the murmuring tone of a
harp, and hence that the music should be rendered in a
plaintive manner.)
Ps 9:16
(Combined with "Selah," it may have been intended to indicate
a pause in the vocal music while the instruments rendered an
interlude.)
Ps 19:14
(Mendelssohn translates it "meditation, thought." Hence, the
music was to be rendered in a mode to promote devout
meditation.)
-MAKALATH, MASCHIL, LEANNOTH
These terms are found in the titles of
Ps 53:1; 88:1
(Authorities grope in darkness as to their signification.
They may indicate the instruments to be played, or the melody
to be sung)
-MASCHIL
This musical sign occurs in the titles of
Ps 32:1; 42:1; 44:1; 45:1; 52:1; 53:1; 54:1; 55:1; 74:1;
78:1; 88:1; 89:1; 142:1
(The meaning is obscure. But its signification where it
occurs elsewhere than in the titles of Psalms is equivalent
to the English word "instruction," or to become wise by
instruction; hence, Ps 47:7: "Sing ye praises with
understanding.")
-MICAHTAM
A musical term in the titles of
Ps 16:1; 56:1; 57:1; 58:1; 59:1; 60:1
(Luther interprets this as "golden," that is, "precious."
Ewald interprets it as signifying a plaintive manner.)
-MUTH-LABBEN
In the title of
Ps 9:1
(Authorities, ancient and modern, differ as to the probable
signification. Gesenius and De Wette interpret it, "with the
voice of virgins, by boys." Others derive the word from a
different Hebrew root, and interpret it as indicating that
the Psalm was a funeral ode.)
-NEGINAH and NEGINOTH
Appear in the titles of
Ps 4:1; 54:1; 55:1; 61:1; 67:1; Hab 3:19
(Its use seems to have been to indicate that the song should
be accompanied by stringed instruments.)
-NEHILOTH
Appears in the title of
Ps 5:1
(It seems to indicate, according to Gesenius, that when this
Psalm was sung it was to be accompanied by wind instruments.)
-SELAH
(This term appears frequently in the Psalms. Its use is not
known. Possibly it signified a pause in the vocal music
while an instrumental interlude or finale was rendered.)
-SHEMINITH
In the titles of
Ps 6:1; 12:1
(Translated "eighth," probably indicates the measure,
movement, or pitch.)
-SHIGGAION
In the title of
Ps 7:1
And its plural, SHIGIONOTH, in the title of
Hab 3:1
(Supposed to be a musical term to guide in rendering the
song. At the close of the chapter, the author refers the ode
"to the chief musician, on my stringed instruments." The
term may suggest the movement in interpreting the music set
to it.)
-SHOSHANNIM and SHUSHAN-EDUTH
In the titles to
Ps 45:1; 60:1; 69:1; 80:1
(Seems to indicate the manner in which these Psalms were to
be rendered. Kimchi, Tremellius, and Eichhorn render it
"hexachorda," that is, that in singing these Psalms
instruments of six strings were to accompany.)
-UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
Ge 31:27; Ex 15:1,20,21; 21:17-20; Jud 5:1-3; 11:34; 1Sa
18:6,7; 2Sa 19:35; 1Ki 1:40; 1Ch 6:31,32; 15:16-22,24,27,28;
16:4-39,41,42; 22:3,5,6,27,30; 25:1,5,6,7,8; 2Ch 5:12,13;
20:19,21,22,28; 23:13,18; 29:25-28; 31:2; 35:15,25; Ezr
2:64; 3:10,11; Neh 12:24,27-31; Job 21:12; 30:31; Ps 33:1-4;
68:4,25,26,32-35; 81:1-3; 87:7; 92:1-3; 95:1,2; 98:1-8;
104:33; 105:2; 135:1,2,3; 137:1-6; 144:9; 149:1-3,6;
150:1-6; Pr 25:20; Ec 2:8; Isa 5:12; 14:11; 16:10; 23:16;
24:8,9; 30:29,32; Jer 31:4; Eze 26:13; 33:32; Da 3:4,6,7; Am
6:5; 8:10; Mt 9:23; 11:17; Mr 14:26; 1Co 14:15; Eph 5:19;
Col 3:16; Heb 2:12; Re 14:2,3; 18:22
-See PRAISE
-See PSALMS
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