What musical instruments were used in ancient Greek times?<\/p>\n\t
The Greeks had a variety of instruments, such as the flute, the lyre, the harp, drums, cymbals, and castanets. There were also several horns (wind instruments). A detailed list can be found at:<\/p>\n
It was Pythagoras, famous for his geometric theories, who also figured out the ratio for tones in a musical scale.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Question: What musical instruments were used in ancient Greek times? Answer: The Greeks had a variety of instruments, such as the flute, the lyre, the harp, drums, cymbals, and castanets. There were also several horns (wind instruments). A detailed list can be found at: The Musical Instruments of Ancient Greeks Ancient Greek Music. 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If I was going to change my position it\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":4191,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/can-musical-instruments-be-used-to-worship-god\/","url_meta":{"origin":2978,"position":1},"title":"Can Musical Instruments be Used to Worship God?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"March 2, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0One of the distinguishing marks of our worship is the fact that we do not use instrumental music in our worship. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0It is certainly different among the denominations where almost all use instruments. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0B.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Lately, I been hearing of numerous congregations deciding to add instrumental music to their worship. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a01.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The reasoning\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Sermon"","block_context":{"text":"Sermon","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/sermon\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":7942,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/why-are-there-musical-instruments-in-revelation\/","url_meta":{"origin":2978,"position":2},"title":"Why are there musical instruments in Revelation?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"December 4, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: If the New Testament forbids the use of musical instruments in the worship service, why are there musical instruments in the Book of Revelation? Answer: Before answering your question, let's get a bit more precision. The New Testament doesn't forbid the use of instrumental music in worship; that is,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":4194,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/music-in-worship\/","url_meta":{"origin":2978,"position":3},"title":"Music in Worship","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"March 2, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"by Jeffrey W. Hamilton I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0As we look at the denominations around us, we find that the vast majority use musical instruments in their worship services. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Oddly, we don\u2019t. Why not? What harm would there be in using them? 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They didn\u2019t use musical instruments when singing songs because, as he told me, musical instruments were not mentioned in the first-century church. Neither was electricity, but that sure didn\u2019t keep\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":27151,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/how-do-you-know-that-musical-instruments-are-bad\/","url_meta":{"origin":2978,"position":5},"title":"How do you know that musical instruments are bad?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"April 7, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Music instruments. Psalms 33:2-3 \"Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings. Sing unto him a new song; play skilfully with a loud noise.\" Lucifer was highly gifted with musical talent before he rebelled. 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