Yesterday
I posted a little ten question test of one’s knowledge of music philosophy. The
answers are” 1) C, 2) D, 3) false, 4) false, 5) C, 6) A, 7) D, 8) D, 9) D, 10)
C. It doesn’t matter so much how many of the questions you answered correctly;
what really matters is whether or not you are trying to come to grips with
philosophical issues. I have told my
college classes frequently that it doesn’t matter as much exactly where you
draw the line on philosophical issues as it matters that you know what you
believe and why you believe what you believe.
Those who have little or no idea what they believe many times do not
draw any philosophical lines when it comes to musicing unto God.
Everything
that a Christian musician does is the result of some belief or lack of
belief. It is much simpler to refuse to
establish firm beliefs than it is to establish musical beliefs and carry out
those beliefs when one musics unto God. A
music philosophy is a series of systematic beliefs about the nature and value
of music. For a music philosophy to be systematic
it must be based on some presupposition or series of presuppositions. Every music philosopher bases his or her
music philosophy on presuppositions; the Christian musician’s presuppositions
should be mainly based on what the Bible says about music. That does not mean
that the Bible gives exhaustive truth about music, but what it does offer to
every musician is “true truth”.
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