Music philosophy is a belief system.

 

            The Christian must be careful to analyze the fundamental grounds and concepts that govern all musicing to be sure that all philosophical grounds are Christocentric.  Furthermore, all of a Christians musician’s fundamental systematic beliefs concerning the nature and value of music must be in alignment to the matrix of God and His Word which is His divinely inspired guidebook for Christian musicians.

            The reason philosophers refer to a philosophy as a belief system is that it is a systematic approach to why we do what we do musically.  If it does not follow biblical principles it is faulty.  If it is not systematic it is  likely that it will be faulty or incomplete at best.  Every time a musician, or a non-musician, makes a musical choice he or she is exercising a musical philosophy. 

          The real essence of a musical praxis is "doing".  That is the reason I am so concerned about what we do with the great God given art of music.  It does not matter very much what we believe about musicing unto God if we do not follow this belief system when we music unto God.  

 

          A musician's "doing" will be profoundly effected by what he or she believes about the real nature and value of music.  Every Christian musician must have an understanding of why he or she values the types of music he or she listens to and performs.  The same question applies to a Christian's understanding of the essential nature of all the musics allowed in one's" whole life" musical praxis.