There is at present no way to search for a musical phrase, i.e. a sequence of
notes, or a sequence of te’amim without intervening notes.
1 Samuel 2:6 |
However, I have
found similarly shaped phrases in Hannah’s song in 1 Samuel 2, and within the Psalms the pattern of the first phrase of Genesis 1:1 occurs in Psalm 5,
verse 4 (with an intervening ornament).
Psalm 5:4 |
This was the search: find E-G-B-A (with or without the G#) where the position of B is greater than the position of the G and the position of the A is greater than the position of the B. [Turns out there are two Unicode elements for the G - so this is not so easy. When I get my data better setup for searching, I will try again. In fact I hope I will be able to look for patterns in a far more complete fashion some day.]
Are there a sufficient number of patterns of music to determine patterns of meaning? This is a question for operations research and the law of requisite variety.
From the point of view of the musical phrase, do you think there is a theological reflection in 1 Samuel 2:6 on Genesis 1:1?
From the point of view of the musical phrase, do you think there is a theological reflection in 1 Samuel 2:6 on Genesis 1:1?
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