Luther Rocks: Purely Intentional?:
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2011
Purely Intentional?
Some of the upcoming installments of the current series I have been posting will get more into music theory. It will talk about unresolved cadences; chord progressions that don't make sense on the surface; chord selection; rhythm selection and the hypnotic affect of all this through repetition.
While driving to and from work lately, I have been listening to CCM again. It has been research time well spent in the light of this BWBW series. This morning I listened to Third Day's cover of O Come All Ye Faithful. The original setting of the song (in all the hymnals) is in a major key and an anthem that will be sung in many churches on Christmas Eve and Day. But the Third Day version isn't the same joyful from the opening downbeat to the ending, at least from a musical perspective. In fact I found it quite striking that the words 'joyful' and 'Christ' are sung over minor chords. The phrases are major except for the minor chord which enters and departs quickly and subtly. Why would they do that? So it really got me to thinking. I Googled some things regarding Third Day and this interesting web page came up. It makes you think. The Third Day song is posted below. You be the judge.
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