A Defense for Christian Music Education part 2

 

A Defense for Christian Music Education  part 2

1Chronicles 25:6-7 gives us information about  the Levite musicians in the ancient Hebrew culture  training their own musically.  It states, “All these were under the hands of their father for song in the house of the LORD, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of God, according to the king's order to Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman.  So the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed in the songs of the LORD, even all that were cunning, was two hundred fourscore and eight.” 

This teacher, scholar relationship (25:8) was considered to be vital to the music education of their Levite sons.  Notice that these musical sons were said to be “under the hands of” (yad ab shiyr 3027, 01, 7892) their God-fearing fathers who were themselves trained musicians. Although there are several possible shades of meaning in these Hebrew words, including possible reference to the ancient use of chironomy*, we do know that their chief Levite fathers trained them personally in how they should music unto YHVH.