Music in Naves Topical Bible

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...

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