Music

Teachers of1Ch 15:22 1Ch 25:7 1Ch 25:8 2Ch 23:13
Physical effect of, on man1Sa 6:15 1Sa 6:16
Discoursed during the offering of sacrifices2Ch 29:27 2Ch 29:28
PrecentorNeh 12:42
Chief musicianNeh 12:42 Hab 3:19
Chambers for musicians in the temple, in Ezekiel's visionEzk 40:44
In heavenRev 5:8 Rev 5:9 Rev 14:2 Rev 14:3 Rev 15:2 Rev 15:3
INSTRUMENTS OF
Invented by JubalGen 4:21
Invented by David1Ch 23:5 2Ch 7:6 2Ch 29:26 Amo 6:5
Made by Solomon1Ki 10:12 2Ch 9:11 Ecc 2:8
Made by TyriansEzk 28:13
CORNETDan 3:5 Dan 3:7 Dan 3:10
CYMBAL
DULCIMER, a double pipeDan 3:5 Dan 3:10 Dan 3:15
FLUTEDan 3:5 Dan 3:7 Dan 3:10 Dan 3:15
GITTITH, a stringed instrumentPsa 8 Psa 81 Psa 84
HARP
ORGAN, probably composed of pipes furnishing a number of notesGen 4:21 Job 21:12 Job 30:31 Psa 150:4
PIPE
PSALTERY
SACKBUT, a harpDan 3:5 Dan 3:7 Dan 3:10 Dan 3:15
TABRET
TIMBREL, a tambourine
TRUMPET
VIOL, a lyreIsa 5:12 Isa 14:11 Amo 5:23 Amo 6:5
SYMBOLS USED IN
ALAMOTH
(Literally virgins) .A musical term which appears in1Ch 15:20
And in the title ofPsa 46:1
(It seems to indicate the rendering of the song by female voices, possibly soprano) -AL-TASCHITH
It appears in the titles ofPsa 57:1 Psa 58:1 Psa 59:1 Psa 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.)
HIGGAIONPsa 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.)Psa 9:16
(Combined with "Selah," it may have been intended to indicate a pause in the vocal music while the instruments rendered an interlude.)Psa 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 ofPsa 53:1 Psa 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 ofPsa 32:1 Psa 42:1 Psa 44:1 Psa 45:1 Psa 52:1 Psa 53:1 Psa 54:1 Psa 55:1 Psa 74:1 Psa 78:1 Psa 88:1 Psa 89:1 Psa 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; hencePsa 47:7
MICAHTAM
A musical term in the titles ofPsa 16:1 Psa 56:1 Psa 57:1 Psa 58:1 Psa 59:1 Psa 60:1
(Luther interprets this as "golden," that is, "precious." Ewald interprets it as signifying a plaintive manner.)
MUTH-LABBEN
In the title ofPsa 9:1
(Authorities, ancient and modern, differ as to the probable signification. Gesenius and DEU 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 ofPsa 4:1 Psa 54:1 Psa 55:1 Psa 61:1 Psa 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 ofPsa 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 ofPsa 6:1 Psa 12:1
(Translated "eighth," probably indicates the measure, movement, or pitch.)
SHIGGAION
In the title ofPsa 7:1
And its plural, SHIGIONOTH, in the title ofHab 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 toPsa 45:1 Psa 60:1 Psa 69:1 Psa 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 TOGen 31:27 Exo 15:1 Exo 15:20 Exo 15:21 Exo 21:17–20 Jdg 5:1–3 Jdg 11:34 1Sa 18:6 1Sa 18:7 2Sa 19:35 1Ki 1:40 1Ch 6:31 1Ch 6:32 1Ch 15:16–22 1Ch 15:24 1Ch 15:27 1Ch 15:28 1Ch 16:4–39 1Ch 16:41 1Ch 16:42 1Ch 22:3 1Ch 22:5 1Ch 22:6 1Ch 25:1 1Ch 25:5 1Ch 25:6 1Ch 25:7 1Ch 25:8 2Ch 5:12 2Ch 5:13 2Ch 20:19 2Ch 20:21 2Ch 20:22 2Ch 20:28 2Ch 23:13 2Ch 23:18 2Ch 29:25–28 2Ch 31:2 2Ch 35:15 2Ch 35:25 Ezr 2:64 Ezr 3:10 Ezr 3:11 Neh 12:24 Neh 12:27–31 Job 21:12 Job 30:31 Psa 33:1–4 Psa 68:4 Psa 68:25 Psa 68:26 Psa 68:32–35 Psa 81:1–3 Psa 87:7 Psa 92:1–3 Psa 95:1 Psa 95:2 Psa 98:1–8 Psa 104:33 Psa 105:2 Psa 135:1 Psa 135:2 Psa 135:3 Psa 137:1–6 Psa 144:9 Psa 149:1–3 Psa 149:6 Psa 150:1–6 Pro 25:20 Ecc 2:8 Isa 5:12 Isa 14:11 Isa 16:10 Isa 23:16 Isa 24:8 Isa 24:9 Isa 30:29 Isa 30:32 Jer 31:4 Ezk 26:13 Ezk 33:32 Dan 3:4 Dan 3:6 Dan 3:7 Amo 6:5 Amo 8:10 Mat 9:23 Mat 11:17 Mrk 14:26 1Co 14:15 Eph 5:19 Col 3:16 Heb 2:12 Rev 14:2 Rev 14:3 Rev 18:22

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