Thursday, December 12, 2019

Advent. Harmony


I ran across an app the other day that is supposed to help users learn vocal harmony lines more easily. It’s not free, so I didn’t check it out. I want harmony to be free … and easy.
Alas, harmony is often challenging and sometimes costly, even if we’re still talking about music. Back-up singers don’t sing for free!
The harmony that Advent heralds is, of course, more complicated than even complex musical harmonies. Rather than two-, or three-, or even five-part harmonies, the harmony Advent heralds is that between the human and the divine. Oh, Advent posits a God-in-three-part-harmony as well.
Perhaps that’s why Christmas comes to us in song. This one comes from my friend Matt Black.


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