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LOUD MUSIC IS SPECIFICALLY COMMANDED IN THE SCRIPTURES

+ Play skillfully with a loud noise. -Psalms 33:3
+ Praise him upon the LOUD cymbals[and] the high sounding cymbals. -Psalms 150:5
+ ... the priests praised YHWH day by day, singing with LOUD instruments unto YHWH. -II Chronicles 30:21
+ the Levites ... stood up to praise YHWH Elohim of Israel with a loud voice on high. -II Chronicles 20:19
+ the Levites shall speak, and say unto all the men of Israel with a loud voice, -Deuteronomy 27:14
+ Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and show my people their transgression... -Isaiah 58:1
+ with a loud voice, and with shouting, trumpets, and cornets. -II Chronicles 15:14
+ her saints shall shout aloud for joy. -Psalms 132:16
+ Make a joyful noise unto YHWH, all the earth: make a LOUD noise, rejoice, and sing praise. -Psalms 98:4
+ when the ark of the covenant of YHWH came into the camp, all Israel shouted with a GREAT shout, so that the EARTH RANG again. -I Samuel 4:5
+ ...Israel brought up the ark of YHWH with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet. -II Samuel 6:15
+ Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud... -Psalms 55:17
+ They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing for the majesty of YHWH, they shall cry aloud -Isaiah 24:14
+ ... at... the mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise Elohim with a LOUD voice... -Luke 19:37

INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC IS SPECIFICALLY COMMANDED IN THE SCRIPTURES

+ David and ALL the house of Israel played before YHWH on ALL MANNER of instruments made of fir wood, even on harps, psalteries, timbrels, cornets, and cymbals. -II Samuel 6:5
+ the Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets. -II Chronicles 29:26
+ cause the trumpet of the jubilee to sound ... make the trumpet sound throughout all your land. -Leviticus 25:9
+ With trumpets and sound of cornet make a joyful noise before YHWH, the King. -Psalms 98:6
+ Praise him with the sound of the trumpet [and] the psaltery and harp. -Psalms 150:3
+ with trumpets and cymbals ...and with musical instruments of God. -I Chronicles 16:42
+ Praise YHWH with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings. -Psalms 33:2
+ ... he that sounded the trumpet was by me. -Nehemiah 4:18
+ Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the psaltery; upon the harp with a solemn sound. -Psalms 92:3
+ ... with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp -Genesis 31:27
+ Thus all Israel brought up the ark... with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and trumpets, and cymbals, making a noise with psalteries and harps. -I Chronicles 15:28
+ the women came out of all cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of music. -I Samuel 18:6
+ the singers as the players on instruments shall be there -Psalms 87:7
+ The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; among them were the damsels playing with timbrels. -Psalms 68:25
+ ...we will sing my songs to the stringed instruments all the days of our life... -Isaiah 38:20
+ his brethren, Shemaiah, and Azarael, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethaneel, and Judah, Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of Elohim, and Ezra the scribe before them. -Nehemiah 12:36
+ ...keep the dedication with gladness, thanksgivings, and with singing, with cymbals, psalteries, and with harps. -Nehemiah 12:27
+ praise thee with the psaltery, ...sing with the harp. -Psalms 71:22
+ Sing unto YHWH with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp... -Psalms 147:7
+ They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ. -Job 21:12
+ all the congregation worshipped, the singers sang, and the trumpeters sounded. -II Chronicles 29:28
+ Sing (zamar) unto YHVH with the harp...and the voice of a psalm. -PS 98:5
+ have a [soft] song, as in the night when a holy solemnity is kept; and [a louder song of] gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come into the mountain of YHWH, to the mighty One of Israel. -(Have both loud and soft music) Isaiah 30:29

The NEW TESTAMENT Specifically includes authority to make INSTRUMENTAL music

The 5 greek words used in the New(er) Testament for music are: psallo, psalmos, humnos, oide, and aido.
"Psallo" and "Psalmos" mean spiritual singing generally accompanied by instruments.
"Humnos" and "oide" (hymns and odes) can be accompanied or acapella (voices only.)
"Aido" means any singing, with or without accompaniment.
None of the above words mean "acapella" (voices only.) Yet all of them could refer to vocal-only music.
As with the words hymn/song/psalm today, the distinctions are fluid and it is quite possible for the same song to be at once psalmos, humnos and ode (Bp. Lightft. on Col-3:16). See Trench, Syn, Syn. sec. lxxviii.)

Definitions from Strong's and other concordances:
Strong's#5567 PSALLO psal'-lo probably strengthened from psao (to rub or touch the surface); (ref. Aeschylus, d. 456 BC).
PSALLO: to twitch or twang, i.e. to pluck on a string; to play on a stringed instrument (celebrate the divine worship with music and accompanying odes):--make melody, sing (psalms). see GREEK for #5597
PSALLO: From psao, to rub, to wipe; to handle, to touch (Thayer): Liddell and Scott.
I. To touch sharply, to pluck, pull. twitch; to twang the bow-string; to send a shaft twanging from the bow;
(psallomene) a carpenter's red line, which is twitched and then let suddenly go, so as to leave a mark.
II. To play a stringed instrument with the fingers, not with the plectron. Later, to sing to the harp. (ref. Aristotle again, Aratus, 270 BC, and Plutarch, d. AD 120)

PSALLO: Equivalent to Hebrew: Zamar.
a. To pluck off, pull out: the hair. b. To cause to vibrate by touching, to twang;(ref. to Euripades, d. 406 BC)
specifically to touch or strike the chord, to touch the strings of a musical instrument, to play the harp, etc. (ref. Aristotle, d. 322 BC, Thayer)

Etymological Evolution of "Psallo": 1. From psao, to rub, to wipe; to handle, to touch. 2. To touch sharply. 3. To pluck off, or pull out, as the hair. 4. To pull, twitch, as a carpenter's line. 5. To twang the bow-string. 6. To send an arrow twanging from the bow. 7. To twang the strings of a musical instrument. 8. To play the harp or other stringed instrument with the fingers. 9. To sing to the accompaniment of the harp or other stringed instrument. 10. To sing (whether accompanied or not) 11. chant

PSALMOS (Strong's#5568) psal-mos'; from PSALLO; a set piece of music, i.e. a sacred ode (accompanied with the voice, harp or other instrument; a "psalm"); collectively, the book of the Psalms: - psalm.

Strong's# 5214 HUMNEO hoom-neh'-o from 5215; to hymn, i.e. sing a religious ode; by implication, to celebrate (God) in song:--sing a hymn (praise unto). The word humneo has no style reference. Could be loud, soft, fast, slow, accompanied, acapella, or anywhere in-between.

Strong's#5603 OIDE o-day' from 103; a chant or "ode" (the general term for any words sung; while 5215 denotes especially a religious metrical composition, and 5568 still more specially, a Hebrew cantillation):--song. (With or without instrumentation.)

Strong's#103 AIDO ad'-o to sing:--sing.

+ Is any among you... merry? PSALLO [translated: let him sing psalms] -James 5:13
+ Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms (PSALMOS) and hymns (HUMNOS) and spiritual songs (OIDE), singing (AIDO) with grace in your hearts to the Lord. -Colossians 3:16
+ Speaking to yourselves in psalms (PSALMOS) and hymns (HUMNOS) and spiritual songs (OIDE), singing (AIDO) and making melody (PSALLO) in your heart to the Lord; Ephesians 5:19
+ humneo [when they had sung an hymn], they went out. -Matthew 26:30, Mark 14:26
+ make song (PSALLO) with the spirit, and make song (PSALLO) with understanding also. -I Corinthians 14:15

SINGING is to be with RAISED VOICE and JUBILANT

+ Make a joyful noise unto Elohim, all ye lands: -Psalms 66:1
+ ...make a joyful noise unto him with psalms. -Psalms 95:2
+ Sing aloud unto Elohim our strength: make a joyful noise unto Elohim -Psalms 81:1
+ O come, let us sing unto YHWH: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation. -Psalms 95:1
+ Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their beds. -Psalms 149:5
+ our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing... -Psalms 126:2
+ ...a song...of ...mirth... one of the songs of Zion. -Psalms 137:3
+ the ransomed/redeemed of YHWH shall return, and come to Zion with songs/singing and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing/mourning shall flee away. Isaiah 35:10, 51:11
+ ... my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness. -Psalms 51:14
+ Break forth into joy, sing together... -Isaiah 52:9
+ Sing, O barren, ... break forth into singing, and cry aloud,... says YHWH.-Isaiah 54:1
+ ...the righteous do sing and rejoice. -Proverbs 29:6
+ Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains... Isaiah 49:13
+ my servants shall sing for joy of heart -Isaiah 65:14
+ Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O YHWH, in the light of thy countenance. -Psalms 89:15
+ awake, awake, utter a song: arise, Barak, and lead thy captivity captive... -Judges 5:12
+ they break forth into singing. -Isaiah 14:7
+ Make a joyful noise unto YHWH, all ye lands. -Psalms 100:1
+ my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips: -Psalms 63:5
+ rejoice with joy and singing:... -Isaiah 35:2
+ let the nations be glad and sing for joy... -Psalms 67:4
+ Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust... -Isaiah 26:19

SHOUTING IS COMMANDED IN THE SCRIPTURE

+ rejoice...EVER shout for joy, ...be joyful... -Psalms 5:11
+ Rejoice greatly, ... shout ...-Zechariah 9:9
+ Be glad in YHWH, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart. -Psalms 32:11
+ shout for joy, and be glad ... -Psalms 35:27
+ LET [permit, allow] thy saints shout for joy. -Psalms 132:9
+ Cry out and shout... for great is the Holy One of Israel... -Isaiah 12:6
+ Sing, ...; shout... be glad and rejoice with all the heart... -Zephaniah 3:14
+ LET the wilderness and the cities ... lift up their voice... sing, LET them shout from the top of the mountains. -Isaiah 42:11
+ Sing, O ye heavens;...: shout... break forth into singing... -Isaiah 44:23
+ The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys ... covered over with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing. -Psalms 65:13
+ thus says YHWH: Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout among the chief of the nations: publish ye, praise ye, and say, O YHWH, save thy people, the remnant of Israel. -Jeremiah 31:7
+ ...rejoicing... the city rang again. This is the noise that ye have heard. -I Kings 1:45
+ the people could not discern the noise of the shout of joy from the noise of the weeping of the people: for the people shouted with a loud shout, and the noise was heard afar off. -Ezra 3:13
+ ancient men...wept with a loud voice; and many shouted aloud for joy: -Ezra 3:12
+ And when the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said, What means the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews? -I Samuel 4:6

Energetic DANCING and Leaping is specifically COMMANDED in the scriptures

+ Jesus said... *LEAP for joy*... -LUKE 6:23
+ David danced before YHWH with all his might -II Samuel 6:14
+ Michal Saul's daughter ...saw king David leaping and dancing before YHWH; and she despised him. II Samuel 6:16
+ Praise him with the timbrel and dance... stringed instruments and organs. -Psalms 150:4
+ You have turned my mourning into dancing -Psalms 30:11
+ David and all Israel played before Elohim with ALL their MIGHT,** with singing, and harps, psalteries, timbrels, cymbals, and trumpets. -I Chronicles 13:8
+ [the Father's] elder son was in the field: and as he came ... to the house, he heard music and dancing. Luke 15:25
+ ... a time to mourn, and a time to DANCE; -Ecclesiastes 3:4
+ ... you... shall go forth in the dances of them that make merry. -Jeremiah 31:4
+ Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy....-Jeremiah 31:13
+ ... the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in dances-Judges 21:21
+ their children dance. -Job 21:11
+ We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced -MATTHEW 11:17
+ ...We have piped unto you, and you have not danced... -LUKE 7:32

CLAPPING IS SPECIFICALLY COMMANDED IN THE SCRIPTURES

+ CLAP your hands, ALL ye people; shout unto Elohim with the voice of triumph. -Psalms 47:1
+ ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands. -Isaiah 55:12
+ Let the floods clap their hands: let the hills be joyful together -Psalms 98:8

SCRIPTURE COMMANDS YOU TO RAISE YOUR HANDS

+ LIFT UP YOUR HANDS IN THE SANCTUARY, and bless YHVH. Psalm 134:2
+ Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle. Psalm 28:2
+ Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name. Psalm 63:4
+ YHVH...I have stretched out my hands unto thee. Psalm 88:9
+ prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him; Job 11:13
+ My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved... thy statutes. Psalm 119:48
+ ...the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice. Psalm 141:2
+ I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsts after thee Psalm 143:6
+ Arise, cry out ...pour out your heart like water before the face of Adonai: lift up thy hands toward him Lamentations 2:19
+ Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto Elohim in the heavens.Lamentations 3:41
+ lift up the hands which hang down Hebrews 12:12

LACK OF JOYFUL MUSIC AND DANCING IS A SIGN OF AN ACCURSED PEOPLE

+ Michal the daughter of Saul ... saw king David dancing and playing: and she despised him in her heart.I Chronicles 15:29
+ Therefore Michal ...had no child unto the day of her death. II SAmuel 6:23
+ And David said unto Michal... I PLAY before YHWH. -II Samuel 6:21
+ And I will turn...all your songs into lamentation... -Amos 8:10
+ ... all the daughters of music shall be brought low; -Ecclesiastes 12:4
+ The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their music. -Lamentations 5:14
+ the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee;... -Revelation 18:22
+ The mirth of tabrets ceases, the noise of them that rejoice ends, the joy of the harp ceases. -Isaiah 24:8
+ I will cause the noise of thy songs to cease; and the sound of thy harps shall be no more heard. -Ezekiel 26:13
+ And gladness is taken away, and joy out of the plentiful field; and in the vineyards there shall be no singing, neither shall there be shouting: ... I have made their vintage shouting to cease. -Isaiah 16:10
+ The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning. -Lamentations 5:15
+ Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols. -Amos 5:23
+ And I will turn ...all your songs into lamentation...Amos 8:10

WISE LEADERS and PEOPLE WILL GIVE THEIR STRONGEST POSSIBLE SUPPORT TO THE MUSICIANS

...[King] David praised by their ministry; and the priests sounded trumpets before them, and ALL Israel stood. -II Chronicles 7:6
+ when the wall was built...the singers and the Levites were appointed -Nehemiah 7:1
+ And these are they whom David set over the service of song in the house of YHWH, after that the ark had rest. -I Chronicles 6:31
+ Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praise unto YHWH with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness. -II Chronicles 29:30
+ ...the song of YHWH began also with the trumpets, and with the instruments ordained by David king of Israel. -II Chronicles 29:27
+ David spoke to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers with instruments of music, psalteries, harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy. -I Chronicles 15:16

GOOD LEADERS PROVIDE FINE INSTRUMENTS FOR THEIR MUSICIANS

+ And the king made ... harps also and psalteries for singers -I Kings 10:12
+ And the king made ... harps and psalteries for singers: and there were none such seen before in the land of Judah. -II Chronicles 9:11
+ I gathered ... men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, and that of all sorts. -Ecclesiastes 2:8
+ ...Levites with instruments of music of YHVH, which David the king had made to praise YHVH, -II Chronicles 7:6

A GOOD LEADER/SOCIETY WILL GIVE GOOD FOOD, SHELTER, WINE/JUICE, and CLOTHING TO THEIR MUSICIANS/TEACHERS

+ it was the king's commandment concerning them, that a certain portion should be for the singers, due for every day. -Nehemiah 11:23
+ a GREAT CHAMBER... [and] MEAT offerings, frankincense, vessels, the tithes of the corn, the new WINE, and the OIL, ...was COMMANDED to be GIVEN to the Levites, and the SINGERS... -Nehemiah 13:5
+ all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and ... Nehemiah, gave the portions of the singers ... EVERY DAY his portion.... -Nehemiah 12:47
+ ...they set the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise YHWH. -Ezra 3:10
+ the evil ... grieved me sore... that the portions...had not been given them; for the Levites and the singers, that did the [musical] work, were fled every one to his field [farm, to work the ground]. Then contended I with the rulers, and said, "Why is the house of God forsaken?"Nehemiah 13:10
+ Who goes a warfare any time at his own charges? ... For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn... For our sakes, no doubt, this is written ... If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things? ... Nevertheless we have not used this power... they which minister about holy things live of the things of the temple... Adonai ordained that they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel. But I have used none of these things: neither have I written these things, that it should be so done unto me... Hebrews 1Co 9:7

A GOOD SOCIETY/LEADER WILL NEVER TAX NOR REQUIRE A TITHE FROM THE SPIRITUAL TEACHERS AND MUSICIANS

+ touching any of the priests and Levites, singers, porters, Nethinims, or ministers of this house of Elohim, it shall not be lawful to impose toll, tribute, or custom, upon them. -Ezra 7:24 Note: this is the basis of mandatory 508c1a tax-exemption in the U.S.

A GOOD SOCIETY WILL PROVIDE SUITABLE PRESENTATION VENUES FOR THE MUSIC

+ And he set the Levites in the house of YHWH with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, according to the commandment of David, and of Gad the king's seer, and Nathan the prophet: for so was the commandment of YHWH by his prophets. -II Chronicles 29:25
+ ...bring ...the singers; [do] not forsake the house of our Elohim. -Nehemiah 10:39
+ And I gathered them [the music people] together, and set them in their place.-Nehemiah 13:10

THE MUSICIANS SHOULD LIVE MONASTICALLY SEPARATED FROM WORLDLINESS, AND KEPT OUT OF COMMERCIAL ADULTERATION

+ the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the Nethinims, and all they that had separated themselves from the people of the lands unto the Law of Elohim, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, every one having knowledge, and having understanding; -Nehemiah 10:28
+ And both the singers and the porters kept the ward of their Elohim, and the ward of the purification, according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon. -Nehemiah 12:45
+ Go ye forth from Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans, with a voice of singing declare ye, tell this, utter it even to the end of the earth; say ye, YHWH hath redeemed his servant Jacob. -Isaiah 48:20
+ So the priests, and the Levites... and the singers... dwelt in their cities. -Ezra 2:70
+ the priests, and the Levites...and the singers,... dwelt in their cities [encampments]. -Nehemiah 7:73
+ ...the singers had built them villages round about Jerusalem. -Nehemiah 12:29
+ without the inner gate were the chambers of the singers... -Ezekiel 40:44

THERE SHOULD BE MANY, MANY FULL-TIME MUSICAL WORKERS IN THE KINGDOM

+ Also the Levites which were the singers, all of them of Asaph, of Heman, of Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren, arrayed in white linen, having cymbals, psalteries and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them an hundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets:) -II Chronicles 5:12
+ The singers: the children of Asaph, an hundred forty and eight. -Nehemiah 7:44
+ ... they had two hundred forty and five singing men and singing women. -Nehemiah 7:67
+ The singers: the children of Asaph, an hundred twenty and eight. -Ezra 2:41
+ ... there were among them two hundred singing men and singing women. -Ezra 2:65
+ four thousand praised YHWH with the instruments. -I Chronicles 23:5
+ the singers, chief of the fathers of the Levites, who remaining in the chambers were free [from mundane workloads]: for they were employed in that work *day and night.* -I Chronicles 9:33

PROFESSIONAL-LEVEL SKILL IS IMPORTANT IN YAH'S MUSIC

+ And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was for song: he instructed about the song, because he was skilful. -I Chronicles 15:22
+ the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed in the songs of YHWH, even all that were cunning, was two hundred fourscore and eight. -I Chronicles 25:7
+ ...Heman a singer... -I Chronicles 6:33
+ ...seek out a man, who is a cunning player on an harp... when the evil spirit ... is upon thee, that he shall play with his hand, and you shall be well. -I Samuel 16:16

MUSIC BENEFITS FROM EXPERT ORDERLY MANLY LEADERSHIP

+ the men did the work faithfully: and the overseers of them were Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari; and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to set it forward; and other of the Levites, all that could skill of instruments of music. -II Chronicles 34:12
+ ...And the singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer. -Nehemiah 12:42
+ Asaph the chief, and ...Zechariah,...and Jeiel with psalteries and harps; Asaph made a sound with cymbals; -I Chronicles 16:5
+ To the chief singer on my stringed instruments -Habakkuk 3:19
+ the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed to sound with cymbals of brass;-I Chronicles 15:19
+ ...all the Levites that bare the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the song with the singers... -I Chronicles 15:27
+ in the days of David and Asaph of old there were chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto Elohim. -Nehemiah 12:46
+ ... the trumpets by the king: and all the people of the land rejoiced, and sounded with trumpets, also the singers with instruments of music, and such as taught to sing praise. ... -II Chronicles 23:13
+ they ministered before the dwelling place of the tabernacle of the congregation with singing, until Solomon had built the house of YHWH in Jerusalem: and then they waited on their office according to their order. -I Chronicles 6:32
+ they sang together by course in praising and giving thanks unto YHWH.... And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised YHWH... -Ezra 3:11

MUSICAL LEADERSHIP IS PASSED DOWN FROM FATHER TO SONS

+ All these were under the hands of their father for song in the house of YHWH, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of God, according to the king's order to Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman. -I Chronicles 25:6
+ Of the sons of Asaph, the singers were over the business of the house of God. -Nehemiah 11:22
+ And the singers the sons of Asaph were in their place, according to the commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the king' seer; ... -II Chronicles 35:15
+ the sons of the singers gathered themselves together...... -Nehemiah 12:28

NEW SONGS must be created and presented

+ Sing unto him a new song; -Psalms 33:3
+ And they sung a new song ... and no man could learn that song but the 144,000, which were redeemed from the earth. -Revelation 14:3
+ sing unto YHWH a new song...ALL the earth. -Psalms 96:1
+ he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it , and fear, and shall trust in YHWH. -Psalms 40:3
+ I will sing a new song unto thee, O God: upon a psaltery and an instrument of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee. -Psalms 144:9
+ Praise ye YHWH. Sing unto YHWH a new song, and his praise in the congregation of saints. -Psalms 149:1
+ Sing unto YHWH a NEW song, and his praise from the end of the earth... -Isaiah 42:10
+ they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy... you have redeemed us...-Revelation 5:9
+ he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five. -I Kings 4:32

JOYFUL, LOUD MUSIC IS A CONDUIT OF MIRACULOUS BLESSING AND FREEDOM

+ the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking YHVH; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and praised YHVH, saying , For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: THEN the house of YHVH was filled with a cloud; -II Chronicles 5:13
+ at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises [HUMNEO] unto Elohim: and the prisoners heard them. And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one's bands were loosed.-Acts 16:25

Right music wins spiritual wars and heals the afflicted

+ when they make a long blast with the ram's horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat... -Joshua 6:5
+ the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets: and when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat... -Joshua 6:20
+ ... when the minstrel played...the hand of YHWH came upon him. -II Kings 3:15
+ the men of Judah gave a shout: and as the men of Judah shouted, and...God smote Jeroboam... -II Chronicles 13:15
+ he appointed singers unto YHWH, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, Praise YHWH; for his mercy endures for ever. -II Chronicles 20:21
+ when they began to sing and to praise, YHWH set ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were come against Judah; and they were smitten. -II Chronicles 20:22
+ when the priests blew with the trumpets, Joshua said unto the people, shout; for YHWH has given you the city. -Joshua 6:16
+ when the evil spirit...was upon Saul, that David took an harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him. -I Samuel 16:23

RIGHT MUSIC IS A CHANNEL FOR TELLING THE FUTURE

+ 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: ...-I Chronicles 25:1
+ Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice together shall they sing... -Isaiah 52:8
+ And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. -Exodus 15:20

The LYRICAL CONTENT of the songs should unforgettably TEACH the words (Laws/statutes) of YHVH

+ Thy statutes have been my songs... -Psalms 119:54
+ write ye this song for you, and teach it the children of Israel: put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel. -Deuteronomy 31:19
+ this song shall testify against them as a witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed... -Deuteronomy 31:21
[See the mission of the Levites which was to teach the Law through music.]

YAH's NAME (YHVH) should be in the lyrics of the songs

+ I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and make song (PSALLO) unto thy NAME. ROMANS 15:9
+ It is a good thing to give thanks unto YHWH, and to sing praises unto thy NAME -Psalms 92:1
+ I will praise the NAME of Elohim with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving. -Psalms 69:30
+ I will praise YHWH according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the NAME of YHWH most high. -Psalms 7:17
+ I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy NAME, O thou most High. -Psalms 9:2
+ I give thanks unto thee, O YHWH, among the heathen, and sing praises unto thy NAME. -Psalms 18:49
+ Sing unto Elohim, sing praises to his NAME: extol him that rides upon the heavens by his name YAH, and rejoice before him. -Psalms 68:4
+ I will sing praise unto thy NAME for ever, that I may daily perform... -Psalms 61:8
+ Praise YHWH; for YHWH is good: sing praises unto his NAME; for it is pleasant. -Psalms 135:3
+ I will give thanks unto thee, O YHWH, among the heathen, and I will sing praises unto thy NAME. -II Samuel 22:50
+ LET them praise his NAME in the dance: LET them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp. -Psalms 149:3
+ I will declare thy NAME unto my brethren, in the midst of the Ekklesia will I sing praise [HUMNEO] unto you. -Hebrews 2:12

MUSIC SHOULD BE MADE INTELLIGENTLY AND WITH DEEP UNDERSTANDING

+ sing (PSALLO) with the spirit, and sing (PSALLO) with understanding also. -I Corinthians 14:15
+ sing ye praises with understanding. -Psalms 47:7
+ And even things without life giving sound, whether pipe or harp, except they give a distinction in the sounds, how shall it be known what is piped or harped? -I Corinthians 14:7

Yahshua (Jesus) Shouts and sings

+ For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet of God... -I Thessalonians 4:16
+ [Jesus] cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth. -John 11:43
+ Jesus cried with a loud voice... -Mark 15:34, Mark 15:37, Luke 23:46, Matthew 27:46, Matthew 27:50
+ ... they lifted up their voice to Elohim with one accord... -Acts 4:24
+ And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roars: and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices. -Revelation 10:3
+ I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps: -Revelation14:2
+ his voice as the sound of many waters. -Revelation 1:15
+ I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet, -Revelation 1:10

True Disciples Shout, Jump for Joy, and Sing

+ Stephen kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. -Acts 7:60
+ ...The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of YHVH... (Luke 3:4, Mark 1:3, John 1:23) -Matthew 3:3
+ And Elizabeth spake out with a loud voice, "You are blessed..." -Luke 1:42
+ when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified Elohim -Luke 17:15
+ he *leaping* up stood, and walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising Elohim.* -Acts 3:8
+ ...said with a loud voice, Stand upright on thy feet. And he leaped and walked. -Acts 14:10
+ the friend...rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled. -John 3:29

SAINTS IN HEAVEN SHOUT, PLAY INSTRUMENTS, AND SING VERY LOUDLY

+ they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord...? -Revelation 6:10
+ the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of Elohim shouted for joy -Job 38:7
+ I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia... -Revelation 19:1
+ I heard the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord Elohim omnipotent reigns. -Revelation of John 19:6
+ I saw a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of Elohim.
And they sing the song of MOSES the servant of Elohim, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are your works, Adonai Elohim Almighty; just and true are your ways, thou King of saints.
Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only are holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for your judgments are made manifest." -Revelation 15:3
+ Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb... -Revelation of John 5:12

ANGELS OF HEAVEN SHOUT AND PLAY LOUD INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC

+ out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices.... -Revelation 4:5
+ a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice... -Revelation 5:2
+ I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne... -Revelation 5:11
+ the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar ... -Revelation 9:13
+ a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, Go ...pour out the vials... -Revelation of John 16:1
+ he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen... -Revelation 18:2
+ The first angel sounded... -Revelation 8:7
+ the second angel sounded... -Revelation 8:8
+ the third angel sounded... -Revelation 8:10
+ the fourth angel sounded... -Revelation 8:12
+ the fifth angel sounded... -Revelation of John 9:1
+ the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound... -Revelation 10:7
+ another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice... -Revelation 14:15
+ [at Sinai] the sound of a trumpet... -Hebrews 12:19
+ I heard a great voice out of heaven saying... -Revelation 21:3
+ cried with a loud voice,.... -Revelation 7:10
+ a loud voice saying in heaven... -Revelation 12:10
+ he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet... -Matthew 24:31
+ angel ...cried with a loud voice -Revelation of John 7:2
+ an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe... -Revelation 8:13
+ the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, [curses] -Revelation 14:9
+ the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven... -Revelation of John 11:15
+ at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound... -I Corinthians 15:52
+ the seven angels which had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound. -Revelation 8:6
+ Saying with a loud voice, Fear Elohim... -Revelation 14:7

OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN SHOUTS, SINGS JOYFULLY, AND MAKES BIG NOISE

+ they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither... -Revelation 11:12
+ there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne -Revelation 16:17
+ Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he has promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven. -Hebrews 12:26
+ Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that shouts by reason of wine. -Psalms 78:65
+ suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house -Acts 2:2
+ Elohim is gone up with a shout, YHWH with the sound of a trumpet. -Psalms 47:5
+ And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and Elohim answered him. -Exodus 19:19
+ there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people in the camp trembled. -Exodus 19:16
+ all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and ... , they ... stood afar off. -Exodus 20:18
+ YHWH ...will rejoice over thee with joy...he will joy over thee with singing. -Zephaniah 3:17
+ Thou art my hiding place... compass me about with songs of deliverance. -Psalms 32:7

MUSIC IS TO BE USED TO PRAISE YAH

+ I will sing unto YHWH, because he has dealt bountifully with me. -Psalms 13:6
+ ... my heart is fixed: I will sing and give praise. -Psalms 57:7
+ I will declare for ever; I will sing praises to Elohim. -Psalms 75:9
+ Praise ye YHWH: for it is good to sing praises unto our Elohim; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely. -Psalms 147:1
+ my heart greatly rejoices; and with my song will I praise him. -Psalms 28:7
+ I will sing of the mercies of YHWH for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations. -Psalms 89:1
+ sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O YHWH, will I sing. -Psalms 101:1
+ While I live will I praise YHWH: I will sing praises unto my Elohim while I have any being. -Psalms 146:2
+ I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning... -Psalms 59:16
+ YHWH...will we sing and praise thy power. -Psalms 21:13
+ my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O YHWH -Psalms 30:12
+ Unto you, O my strength, will I sing... -Psalms 59:17
+ Sing ye to YHWH, for he hath triumphed gloriously-Exodus 15:21
+ Hear, O ye kings; give ear, O ye princes; I, even I, will sing unto YHWH; I will sing praise to YHWH Elohim. -Judges 5:3
+ O Elohim,... I will sing and give praise, even with my glory. -Psalms 108:1
+ I will praise thee with my whole heart: before the Elohim will I sing praise unto thee. -Psalms 138:1
+ Sing unto Elohim, ye kingdoms of the earth; O sing praises unto the Lord; Selah: -Psalms 68:32
+ Serve YHWH with gladness: come before his presence with singing. -Psalms 100:2
+ I will sing unto YHWH as long as I live: ... while I have my being. -Psalms 104:33
+ Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye of all his wondrous works. -Psalms 105:2, I Chronicles 16:9
+ I will praise thee, O YHWH, among the people: and I will sing praises unto thee among the nations. -Psalms 108:3
+ YHWH is my strength and song, and is become my salvation. -Psalms 118:14
+ My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee; and my soul, which you have redeemed. -Psalms 71:23
+ Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto YHWH...-Exodus 15:1
+ sing in the ways of YHWH: for great is the glory of YHWH. -Psalms 138:5
+ They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, and shall sing of thy righteousness. -Psalms 145:7
+ Sing praises to Elohim, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing praises. -Psalms 47:6
+ I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people: I will sing unto thee among the nations. -Psalms 57:9
+ I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy... I will sing praises unto YHWH. -Psalms 27:6
+ The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness... the voice of them that shall say, Praise YHWH of hosts: for YHWH is good; for his mercy endureth for ever...bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of YHWH. -Jeremiah 33:11
+ I call to remembrance my song in the night... -Psalms 77:6

GENERAL VERSES MENTIONING MUSIC

+ YHWH is my strength and my song. -Isaiah 12:2
+ Elohim my maker, who gives songs in the night; -Job 35:10
+ ...offer the ...offerings of YHWH, as it is written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, as it was ordained by David. -II Chronicles 23:18
+ ...in the night his song shall be with me... -Psalms 42:8
+ They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it. -Isaiah 24:9
+ ...the trees of the wood sing out at the presence of YHWH... -I Chronicles 16:33
+ A Song of degrees... -Psalms 132:1
+ this song be sung in the land of Judah.. -Isaiah 26:1
+ In that day sing ye unto her, A vineyard of red wine. -Isaiah 27:2
+ David played with his hand. -I Samuel 19:9
+ all the singing men and the singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations to this day... -II Chronicles 35:25
+ ...the noise of them that sing do I hear. -Exodus 32:18
+ And there went up ... singers...-Ezra 7:7
+ Of the singers also; ... -Ezra 10:24
+ ...David played with his hand, as at other times... -I Samuel 18:10
+ YHWH is my strength and song... salvation... and I will exalt him. -Exodus 15:2
+ Moses therefore wrote this song the same day, and taught it the children of Israel. -Deuteronomy 31:22
+ Moses spake in the ears of all the congregation of Israel the words of this song... -Deuteronomy 31:30
+ Moses came and spake all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he, and Hoshea ... -Deuteronomy 32:44
+ David spoke unto YHWH the words of this song in the day that YHWH had delivered him... -II Samuel 22:1
+ The song of songs, which is Solomon'. -Song of Solomon 1:1
+ ...I caused the widow' heart to sing for joy. -Job 29:13
+ Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song... -Isaiah 5:1
+ From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs, even glory to the righteous... -Isaiah 24:16
+ The voice of my beloved! behold, he comes leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills. -Song of Solomon 2:8
+ Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well; sing ye unto it: -Numbers 21:17
+ all the people shouted, and said, God save the king. -I Samuel 10:24
+ ...she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth... -Hosea 2:15
+ sing in the height of Zion...flow together to the goodness of YHWH... -Jeremiah 31:12

PAGAN MUSIC AND DANCING USES THE SAME ELEMENTS AS HOLY MUSIC

+ [when] ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the golden image... -Daniel 3:5, 15
+ ... when all the people heard the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all kinds of musick, all the people, the nations, and the languages, fell down and worshipped the golden image... -Daniel 3:7, 10
+ when Herod's birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod. -Matthew 14:6, Mark 6:22
+ Moses came nigh unto the camp...saw the calf, and the dancing... -Exodus 32:19

OTHER MINOR VERSES MENTIONING MUSIC

+ ...his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances... -Judges 11:34
+ ...I was the song of the drunkards. -Psalms 69:12
+ I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day. -Lamentations 3:14
+ It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than ... to hear the song of fools. -Ecclesiastes 7:5
+ Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. -I Corinthians 13:1
+ the fowls of the heaven ... sing among the branches. -Psalms 104:12
+ ...the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard... -Song of Solomon 2:12
+ ...Tyre sing as an harlot. -Isaiah 23:15
+ The ships of Tarshish did sing of thee in thy market... -Ezekiel 27:25
+ ... their voice shall sing in the windows... -Zephaniah 2:14
+ Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing... -Isaiah 35:6
+ the children of Benjamin ....took them wives...of them that danced -Judges 21:23
+ ...when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites...-Matthew 6:2
+ they sang one to another in dances -I Samuel 29:5
+ How shall we sing YHWH's song in a strange land? -Psalms 137:4
+ ...and as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to an heavy heart. -Proverbs 25:20
+ Take a harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered. -Isaiah 23:16
+ they shouted, and fell on their faces. -Leviticus 9:24
+ the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord YHWH: there shall be many dead bodies.. -Amos 8:3
+ ...sing one to another of him in dances... -I Samuel 21:11
+ can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? -II Samuel 19:35
+ And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword. -Job 30:9
+ they clapped their hands, and said, God save the king. -II Kings 11:12
+ thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they hear thy words, but they do them not. -Ezekiel 33:32
+ the heaven and the earth, and all that is therein, shall sing for Babylon... -Jeremiah 51:48
+ He shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets. -Matthew 12:19
+ That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of music, like David; -Amos 6:5
+ they were spread abroad upon all the earth, eating and drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil -I Samuel 30:16
+ Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting: neither were instruments of music brought before him: and his sleep went from him. -Daniel 6:18
+ I am their music. -Lamentations 3:63

SUMMARY

Above is a fairly comprehensive list of about 365 scriptures on music from the Bible.
When musical style is mentioned, the type of musical style commanded is never 'soft, gentle, quiet, tranquil' or any of the terms you would use to describe traditional church music. (Except that two times the word "solemn" is used.)
Quiet music is never forbidden, but when a style is suggested in the scripture, it is invariably loud and powerful.
This holds true throughout the entire Bible, psalms, prophets, and Books Of Moses, as well as the New Testament.
The commandments regarding musical style center on: 'Shout for joy', dance, make a loud noise, etc.

YHWH likes all kinds of music, but He wants to encourage the religious people to keep the "life" in his worship.

Every single religious group, without exception, betrays at least one of these principles.

To the churches who ignore the verses above, draining life-giving music into bloodless, soul-less vanilla church mush, Yahshua (Jesus) says:
Matthew: "Thus have ye made the commandment of God of no effect by your tradition.
7 Ye hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,
8 This people draws nigh unto me with their mouth, and honors me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
9 But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
10 And Jesus called the multitude, and said unto them, "Hear, and understand"...
12 Then came his disciples, and said to him, "Do you know that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying?
13 But Jesus answered and said, "Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.
14 Let them alone: they are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch."
Mark 7: "For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men... and many other such like things ye do.
9 Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition...
13 Making the word of God of no effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.
14 And when Jesus had called all the people unto him, he said unto them, Hearken unto me every one of you, and understand...
16 If any man has ears to hear, let him hear."

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