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Jazz and music
1. Jazz and music
The English word
"jazz" is of uncertain origin. The idea of jazz originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Jazz has roots in blues and ragtime - with a lot of syncopation.
An important aspect of jazz is that of "
improvisation". That is, making up melodies in real time to go with pre-planned harmonies.
2. Utah Jazz
3. Out of place names
NBA Utah Jazz
New Orleans Jazz. New Orleans is the birthplace of jazz.
NBA Los Angeles Lakers
Minnesota Lakers. Minnesota is the land of 1,000 lakes.
NBA Memphis Grizzlies
Vancouver Grisslies. Grissly bears are not uncommon in the forests in Vancouver.
4. Out of place names
NFL Tennessee Oilers (now Titans)
Houston Oilers. Houston had many oil fields in that area of Texas.
NFL Indianapolis Colts
Baltimore Colts. Horse racing is common in the Baltimore area.
MLB Los Angeles Dodgers
Brooklyn Dodgers. Dodging trolleys and streetcars was commonplace in Brooklyn.
NHL Calgary Flames
Atlanta Flames. Sherman torched Atlanta and Georgia with fire near the end of the Civil War.
5. Calgary Flames
The Calgary Flames
NHL (National Hockey League) team started in Atlanta, GA, and then moved to Calgary in Canada.
The name comes from the "
burning of Atlanta" in 1864 as part of Abraham Lincoln's decision to reintroduce total war (to the world) against both military and civilian targets during the American Civil War. One can now see that this decision created far more long-term problems than it solved at the time.
A related song was "
The night they drove old Dixie down" from 1969 by the Canadian-American group called
The Band. The song has to do with Lincoln's strategy against both military and civilian targets as enacted in southern Virginia.
Discuss: Will we ever get to the point (again) where one group feels that the end justifies the means and that they can physically attack another group because of "
opinions" (on either or both sides)?
6. Improvise
7. Piano
How might you determine if someone can play piano?
Might they have just learned one song - the one they are playing?
A saying for this is that they are a "
one trick pony". They can only play that one song exactly as they have learned it.
How about having them play a song that they have never seen before - from a large collection of possible songs?
8. Greek
How might you determine if someone, such as a pastor, really reads and understands Greek (or Hebrew)?
How about having them read and explain a passage of Greek (or Hebrew) that they have never seen before - from a large collection of possible texts?
Luke 21:25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; [kjv]
και σημεια εν ηλιω και σεληνη και αστροις και επι της γης συνοχη εθνων εν απορια θαλασσης και σαλου [gnt]
9. Luke 21:25
KJV: And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;
Hebrew: והיו אתות בשמש ובירח ובכוכבים ועל הארץ מצוקה לגוים ומבוכה מהמית הים ודכיו׃
Greek: και εσται σημεια εν ηλιω και σεληνη και αστροις και επι της γης συνοχη εθνων εν απορια ηχουσης θαλασσης και σαλου
Latin: et erunt signa in sole et luna et stellis et in terris pressura gentium prae confusione sonitus maris et fluctuum
10. Koine Greek New Testament
Spiros Zodhiates (Greek-American Bible scholar, author and ministry innovator)
published an audio version of the
GNT (Greek New Testament) (Nestle/Aland 26 edition) using modern Greek pronunciation which is used in many colleges and universities.
11. Pastors
Over the years, I have heard many pastors try to impress the congregation with their knowledge of Greek (or Hebrew). Having studied (modern, Bible and classical) Greek in some depth, it appears that almost all have studied and read something during the previous week, memorized and rehearsed what they will say, and then act as if their expertise is far greater than exists in reality.
The tip-off is that if they really understood the language, they would realize that some of what they are repeating is not correct.
The same is true of many computer science ideas in programming whereby those without a theoretical and practical background will repeat what they think is true or what they may have read in a book that, in reality, is either not correct or will not work well (or both).
12. Playing by ear
Some people can hear the exact tones being played. That is, they have perfect pitch or absolute pitch.
Some people can add harmonize to a melody in real time. This is like improvisation but follows rules for such harmonization.
In the 1970's, Rodney Shearer, a pastor just starting out, could do such playing. Years later, in graduate school, I learned enough of music theory to understand how this can be done.
13. Verse 1
Joy to the world, the Lord has come!
Let earth receive her King
Let every heart prepare Him room
And Heaven and nature sing
And Heaven and nature sing
And Heaven, and Heaven, and nature sing
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