Training Our Own part 3

 

Training Our Own   part 3

 

     One more concept is note-worthy in this passage of Scripture. 1 Chronicles 25:1 records, “Moreover David and the captains of the host separated to the service of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals…” The musical sons of Jeduthun prophesied (naba, nabiy 5012, 5030--to sing by inspiration as a prophet) with the harp.  It is significant that the six sons were taught to sing by inspiration while they played the harp, psaltery, and cymbals by their God-fearing chief musician father.  He taught his sons to give thanks i.e. hold out their hands in avowal and thankfulness to God.  He also taught them to praise (halal 1984) and to show or to boast about the self-existent, eternal God as they sang and played by the inspiration of God.

Many parents who love and serve the Lord do not recognize the great need for the next generation to be “instructed in the songs of the LORD”. As a matter of fact some Christian parents do not recognize that their children need any music education at all.  Many parents who are not Christians are more consistent in training their children musically than some Christian parents. Assuming that an astute music educator recognizes the necessity of quality music in elementary and secondary education, we are now ready to consider the necessity of a study of music philosophy at the elementary and secondary levels.