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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

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