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Related to the metaphor: are SDAs not allowed to use pianos because they strike strings like a drum, but plucking or wind instruments are fine? Or am I looking
by Waterluvian 3y ago
Related to the metaphor: are SDAs not allowed to use pianos because they strike strings like a drum, but plucking or wind instruments are fine? Or am I looking too deep into the metaphor?
- surprisetalk 3y agoLooking too deep into the metaphor, but great question! If I remember correctly, the restriction on drums is really a way to prevent dancing, which is a way to prevent sinful/lecherous temptations? That's just my guess -- many of these things are unspoken rules But I think any instrument could be taboo if played with too much groove; drums were just a non-starter in most churches
- Waterluvian 3y agoGotcha! I was wondering if harpsichord and organ were referenced for specific reasons.
- mrob 3y agoWhich is strange, considering that Psalm 150 specifically encourages drums and dance in religious worship. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psalm_150 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psalm_150
- bnjms 3y agoTo be fair “no drums” is not a modern take. Also drums would not be as useful as accompaniment for as piano and organ for the old hymns which used to be sung.
- eszed 3y agoThere was a time - late 19th, early 20th c - when pianos were associated with Music Hall, and therefore secular, music. So there were SdA (and other American protestant) people who eschewed them for that reason. Pianos stopped being much of a controversy (in SdA-ism, not sure about elsewhere) by the mid-20th c. Drums, though? Yah. Drums are still a bit taboo. Well, not drums per se, drum kits. Banging a base drum or playing snare or whacking on a set of bongos is just fine, but only if there's a 1:1 musician to instrument ratio. A multi-tasking percussionist, however, has a whiff of rock and roll. (Source: also an apostate SdA.)