August 20, 2014 Wednesday

Kathy Smith and I did some aerobics and cardio this morning. 


1 Corinthians chapter 3 - The church and it leaders.  That is a loaded topic.  The leader is God and we so often forget that.  It reminds us that Jesus Christ is the foundation of the church, not the saints and that "for no other foundation can anyone lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ."  Amen.


On this day:
2000 - My sister in law, Jan came over and changed my bathroom faucet.  God Bless her.  Plumbing and electrical are two things I don't even attempt.  When I told her in passing that my faucet leaked she came right over and changed it.  My sister Alice recently changed her bathroom and kitchen faucet, so I am seeing a trend here.
1939 - The National Bowling Association was founded in Detroit, MI. It was the first bowling association in the U.S. for African-Americans. Not surprised it was in Detroit, who hasn't bowled?


Parenting - Our inside cat, Nola, must have slipped out the door when Nicole came in from her run last night at 9PM.  At 2:30 AM I heard my mom, loudly calling the cat in (yet she said he was right by the door).  He came running in, straight to my bedroom and looked at me like it was all my fault and I was a horrible person.  He was wet.  I have failed as a cat mother.


Book Club - Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon.  Jamie and Clair have been offered a choice piece of property by the Governor to begin a plantation.  They are wondering if there is a catch.


Cairo Egypt.  This place is a hot mess of politics. Lets look at the music.  Does it echo the unrest?

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Musicians of Amun, Tomb of Nakht, 18th Dynasty, Western Thebes.

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Music has been an integral part of Egyptian culture since antiquity. The ancient Egyptians credited one of the powerful gods Hathor with the invention of music, which Osiris in turn used as part of his effort to civilize the world. The earliest material and representational evidence of Egyptian musical instruments dates to the Predynastic period, but the evidence is more securely attested in the Old Kingdom when harps, flutes and double clarinets were played.^[1] Percussion instruments,and lutes were added to orchestras by the Middle Kingdom. Cymbals^[2] frequently accompanied music and dance, much as they still do in Egypt today. Egyptian folk music, including the traditional Sufi dhikr rituals, are the closest contemporary music genre to ancient Egyptian music, having preserved many of its features, rhythms and instruments.^[3][4]
They also played recorders and clarinets. In general, Arabic music is the term used to identify the present music of Egypt. The tonal structure of Arabic music is defined by the maqamat, loosely similar to Western modes, while the rhythm of Arabic music is governed by the awzan (wazn, sing.), formed by combinations of accented and unaccented beats and rests. Typically ancient Egyptian music is composed from the phrygian dominant scale, phrygian scale, Double harmonic scale (Arabic scale) or lydian scale. The phrygian dominant scale may often feature an altered note or two in parts to create tension. For instance the music could typically be in the key of E phrygian dominant using the notes E, F, G sharp, A, B, C, D and then have an A sharp, B, A sharp, G natural and E to create tension.


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