THE ORIGINAL 3000 YEAR OLD MUSIC OF THE BIBLE? (2 of 4)

[TheAmirchannel]

beautiful.

[moonfruit100]

first harp ur iraq .

[ThornUvDaath777]

In the new temple, I think people should take advantage of the technology of today to make the music inspiring still...that is if by that time our technology hasn't come to life and tried to kill us yet, lol.

[GrannyTenderstone]

There is something about Hebrew music that has always touched something deep within my soul. Several other musical genres have the same effect on me, but as my mother was Jewish, I feel something very special about this music and it brings me beautiful memories of her, keeps me connected with that culture back in our family's ancestry. One of her grandfathers was a cantor, another a rabbi.

[chestercolburn]

Upload more please.

[jonathon0220]

I'm watching this for my Music Appreciation class and I would just like to say that this song was beautifully done. I'm not Jewish and dont pretend to know about it, but this song moved me despite the language barrier. Thanks!

[Taurimenio]

Very good job... I 'm glad exist some person still respecting the origin.

[party489]

With everything that god gave us and how clearly evident gOD is how could we question his greatness?? You know the way he sits back and does nothing. Always being their in ancient history with stories passed down by highly superstitious uneducated desert goat herders with stories that only contradict them selves every story or so. He does such a good job of staying out of the way its almost like gODs not even there. Like as though he doesnt exist at all. Good trick gOD. Its all about faith

[op684]

@party489

it is. your comment, with the song of this vid as the backdrop, made me teary-eyed :(((

[chickentit]

The lyre is gorgeous, as is the ancient music. I was wondering if you'd considered adapting something a bit more modern into something you'd play on the lyre.

[omay017]

is there an lyrics in that song.?? can i have it please. please. :) :) i need the lyrics

[ZviJ1]

@omay017 Go to Ester 5:1-3. Good luck.

[omegasoldier382]

sound beautiful.....

[themomo6710]

nice 

[BeantownJim]

Is this a Psalm?

[ZviJ1]

@BeantownJim No... it's prose and part of the Scroll of Ester.

[BeantownJim]

@ZviJ1 It's a great verse.

[timonfan2008]

beautiful! amen!!!

[Max0Inq]

I started reading Torah today. It's nice.

[34Adamlee77]

David said to play with Skill...i hear no skill.. keep practicing ..

[6134447]

It is so beautiful! Thank you.

[luis21203]

nice music..........

[andrewniles1]

My mother will love to here this.

[On3HItR4Id]

You should talk to my cousins. They both grew up in Israel. :D

[On3HItR4Id]

מדהים, בנאדם.

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amazing, man. (Translation) :D

[Klezfiddle1]

Glad you like it! For full details on all the fascinating historical background, please also visit my "ancientlyre" website...

[pissedpatriot1776]

dude!!! Thats AWESOME!! Just curious, how do you know that would be the style or sound of the music of that Biblical period?? I ask only in curiousity. Are there particular modes??? Just curious. I am an amatuer Biblical archaeologist and pursueing my Masters in Ethnomusicology. THIS WOULD BE A PERFECT area of study for me :) !! God bless!

[Klezfiddle1]

I have written a section in the "Historical Details" section of my ancientlyre website (URL to this given in the video description) about the claims of Suzanne Haik Vantoura in dechiphering the musical meaning of the "Te Amim" accents attached to the oldest surviving texts of the Old Testament. You may also like to see Biblical musicologist John Wheeler's "teamim" channel on Youtube, to actually hear this amazing music!

[pissedpatriot1776]

WOW man!! Thanks!! Thats really really cool! Im gonna show this to all of my friends who have the same passion for Biblical History and Musicology. This is a real treat and a real blessing my friend!!

[Nickofaballooni]

@pissedpatriot1776 ....His family have been handing down a CD.

[teddinians]

nice!!!

[dinamofan12]

what religion is tjhis?

[Klezfiddle1]

The music claimed to have been deciphered by Suzanne Haik Vantoura, of the Hebrew text of the Bible (the Torah/Old Testament)

[ZviJ1]

As a fellow Jew I wish you would've typed "Old Testament" or "Old" Testament. I believe we must pull in the opposite direction to the Xtian insult to our Scriptures.

[Dauphinplayer]

The text is correct. The hand gestures where found on an ancient egyptian carving of woodwind players with someone leading with the hand gestures. It's good that we do have the music notation from the old testament because we have lost much of the history of music of different cultures. Keep making the videos.

[ZviJ1]

It's the Tanakh, not an obsolete testament.

[freecounselingonline]

The Hexagram wasnt for the Jews who worshipped God that was for Molech and any other Satanist.

[williestratton]

are you talking about the star of david?

[AbtinX]

Yes he is, a hexagram has six points like the star of David

[williestratton]

whatever, judaism is a pieceful religion

[AbtinX]

Aye

[On3HItR4Id]

מדהים, אחי.

[yuriman121]

I think it is amazing that the reconstructed the signs into notes.

yet (!!) i cannot imagine the kinnor becoming a regular object at our צםגקרמ synagogue .

maybe it will, but it wont get into a level of regularity as the tho sofer ..

[yuriman121]

the hebrew text is something that could be essambeld with allmost any rythem.

(that is the difference bitwin ascnaz and mizrhy).

but the notes !

I must agree that the tune goes hand to hand with the text.

[Klezfiddle1]

That is was my own instinctive feeling, the very first time I heard this amazing music reconstructed by Suzanne Haik-Vantoura! The most beautiful melody she has reconstructed, in my opinion, is what may have been the original 3000 year old melody of the Priestly Blessing once sang in the Temple of Jerusalem - this can be heard in one of the featured videos on my Youtube Channel page, which I heard on the "teamim" channel, which is run by the Biblical musicologist, John Wheeler.

[yuriman121]

i thought you know how hebrew..

translation:

very nice tune ,

but i wonder is it realy thge same from the days of david ?

who played the kinorr to calm down saul .

[Klezfiddle1]

I am no musical expert, but the first time I heard this music which Suzanne Haik Vantoura claimed to discover, it just sounded "right"! It is the way the Hebrew text and the music fit together so closely, & how the msuic brings the text to life - please see the "teamim" channel here on Youtube, where this wonderful music can be heard; the very music which could once have been sung by the Levitical Choir in the Temple of Jerusalem & which was accompanied by the Kinnor Lyres of the Levites!

[yuriman121]

מנגינה מאוד יפה .

אך אני תוהה לדעת האם היא באמת מימי דוד ?

שניגן בכינור חהרגעת חרפתו של שאול ?

[Klezfiddle1]

Could you ask this question in English, please? Thanks!

[On3HItR4Id]

Translation -

Very beautiful melody.

But I wonder whether it is really watery David?

Played Bcinor Hhargat Hrfto of Saul?

[qwertyzealot]

Is this totally complete? If it is does that make it an older complete song than Seikilos?

[Klezfiddle1]

According to the claims of Suzanne Haik-Vantoura, this teamim Biblical musical notation is complete throughout the entire Hebrew text of the Bible! I'm no musicologist, but to me, the results of Vantoura's discovery literally makes the Hebrew text come to life; you can hear this incredible music on John Wheeler's "teamim" channel, right here on Youtube!

[Klezfiddle1]

Another fascintating possibility also about Vantoura's discovery - the teamaim accents are representations of hand gestures; this is an ancient system of musical notation,wherby hand gestures can be used to denotoe both pitch and ornamentation of a melody. Chironomy was ALSO used in ancient Egypt...this cross-cultural connection could well be evidence of an ancient cultural connection between the ancient Hebrews and the ancient Egyptians; as also clearly described in the Biblical text!

[ethioerea]

thats an Ethiopian instrument its called begena.

[Klezfiddle1]

The Ethiopian Begena and the ancient Jewish Kinnor Lyre of King David and the Levites are almost certainly related - even down to the same number of strings; ancient writings by the Jewish historian Josephus state that the Kinnor also had 10 strings. The only difference between the Begena and the Kinnor, seems to be that the Begena is a bass register lyre, whereas the Kinnor, judging by the size of the instrument, as depicted in in ancient ilustrations, was a tenor lyre...

[ethioerea]

there is also another simillar instrument which is smaller than begana called kerar.

[Klezfiddle1]

Is this the Ethiopian lyre with a soundboard of taut animal hide, stretched over a gourd?

[jicassa]

i just found out about te-amin, is it possible that the ethiopian and jewish instruments went together?

[Klezfiddle1]

I'm almost certain the Ethiopian Begena & the ancient Hebrew Kinnor lyres are related - both have 10 strings, & there is an ancient Ethiopian tradition that the Begena was introduced to Ethiopia by none other than Mendik I - the son of King Solomon himself (one of the wives of Solomon was the Ethiopian Queen of Sheba). The Ethiopian Begena is literally a bass version of the tenor ancient Jewish Kinnor lyre!

[rakkav]

Ah, you seem to be able to connect your harmony better to this prosodic text! Interesting ... I suspect that most musicians would connect to the psalmodic rhythm more easily. Keep up the good work! :)

[cheekycloe14]

=D WOW =D

[harpwillow]

Your sharing of this is such a blessing~the essence of the fathers' devotion comes to life in your music, and you truly bring them, and all of us who remember, honor.

Thank you!

[PuckMedia]

A really enjoyable and interesting performance of what we should may listen if we had lived in that long past (as also you report, about 3000 years ago or more). Thanks for your work and your sound.

[lurner26]

Wow! Interesting commentary on the side. Thanks for the information.

And, oh yes, I also enjoyed the music as well.

[w3zz1d3]

amazing......