As we said in the previous section, music was used to order sowing and harvesting. The percussion marked the step (as it was done in the rice plantations in China). At the same time, this rhythm was accompanied by the singing of the farmers while they worked, originating the first "songs of sowing and harvesting" that are characteristic of all agricultural societies.
These songs were used not only as a way of "organization" but also as a gift to the god Osiris so that what was planted grew in the planting songs and the harvest songs were a gratitude for the food. This way of making music as an offering to the gods was immediately transferred to the temples.
Singing was the purest form of music, singing was accompanied by percussion throughout this period and by a few instruments such as the flute. Singing was a way of giving language to the sound and emphasizing the words offered. Music begins its journey linked to spirituality and religion to this day.
The Egyptian priests began to monopolize the concept of "musician" that before was outside the scope of the temple. The temples, built with stone, form a box of reverberation very suitable for the human voice which becomes the instrument par excellence of the religious song. It is possible that the percussion instruments lost a bit of their prestige inside the temples due to the reverberation of the same and space gain the wind instruments and strings that give a sound more velvety and sustained than the violent blow of the percussion with a fast loss of sound
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My name is Gabriel Beguerie, I'm a Music Teacher and Piano Teacher in the city of Mar del Plata, Argentina.
Currently I work at the Luis Gianneo Provincial Conservatory and the Art No. 1 High School.
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