Most liturgical music I grew up with was (in the Baptist church) was based on Baroque and Classical melodies. The only accompaniment was a piano on one side of the sanctuary and a pipe organ on the other. A lot has changed in that regard, probably to optimize turnout for the services.

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[This message was edited by Larry Bell on 10 July 2002 at 11:23 AM.]

The songs the Catholic church uses today are as bad as they can come, I have been to various Christian/Protestant dominational services and boy can they cook up some very good enjoyable religious music, I hate to leave their services, their preaching also can real hit home inside one's soul & heart. I often thought maybe these church pastors can do some preaching at Catholic churches and even have their bands perform. I will admit as a Catholic, that outside of what the mass represents, the Catholic music and preaching needs lots of improvement.

Another interesting item, during the mass if the organist & female singer use a Protestant hymn, the entire congregation joins in, now why is that so???????

I think the reason that old and formal religions dont have far out music, is that the power core of these old religions control the content. As opposed to me getting a wild hair and wanting to start my own church, let me tell ya, the message would be the same, but the music would be way different. Come to my new church and hear some christian-vibrotwang-country-spacerock!

YEAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!

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Being that I was raised Catholic and attended Catholic churches most of my life, I agree with you. I've been a musician for many years and had this concern so I asked a local priest about it some years back. He explained that, generally, the music should be secondary to the ritual/rite of the mass. It should not stand out as a separate activity but blend with, and be secondary to, the rite. Therefore, certain instruments, like drums for example, are normally not found in Catholic services.
That would be too distracting from what is going on at the altar, which should be the center of attention in the Catholic rite. All focus is on the celebrant.

I've also found that there is some difference in opinion from one priest to another. There is one local priest who will allow many non-traditional instruments in his church. Even a young comtemporary christian band performed before the mass once.

Although for other reasons, I have recently joined a United Methodist church. I've played bass and steel in the worship band and it gives me great spiritual uplifting to do so, and see others who the music moves spiritually.

Perhaps, one day, we'll have a breakthrough in the Catholic philosophy. Until then it will remain primarily traditional.

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And David and all Israel played before God with all their might, and with singing, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets. - 1 Chronicles 13:8

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[This message was edited by Bill Llewellyn on 15 July 2002 at 08:22 AM.]

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Regards, Paul

[This message was edited by Paul Graupp on 14 July 2002 at 08:50 AM.]

Consequently, the last canonized pope, St. Pius X, imposed strict rules as to what kind of instruments and music could be played at Mass. (If only the Church still observed those rules, instead of promoting the insipid stuff that's passed off in Masses today as "sacred music"!)

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I know a lot of churches in the Protestant faith just use organ and/or piano, similar to the Catholic church. The nondenominational Protestant church my family attends has a full modern combo up front with drums, bass, piano, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, harp, and assorted vocalists.

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Bottlom line? YEAH GOD!! YEAH ALLAH!!!! YEAH BUDDAH!!!!!!! YEAH SHIVA!!!!!!

Be true to whatever ya believe in, play nice w/ others, and if your priest lets you jam in church..............RIP IT UP!!!!!!!

LOCK THIS TOPIC UP B0B.

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Mattman in "The Big Sleazy"-:
S-10 Dekley, Suitcase Fender Rhodes, B-bender Les Paul