1. Song And Music In The Old Testament

2. Song And Music Survey Of The Old Testament
Genesis 4:21
Ex 15:1-18
Joshua 6:4,20
Judges 11:34
1 Samuel 16:14-18
1 Samuel 18:6-8
1 Chronicles 15:16
1 Chronicles 25:6,7
2 Chronicles 7:6
Song of Songs 1:1
Isaiah 24:14,15
Daniel 3:5ff
Ezra 2:65
Ezra 3:10,11
Nehemiah 12:45-47
=> Every aspect of life.

3. Song And Music In The Psalms
Name
Hymnbook
Observations from Psalms
Books
No titles
Addressed to
Historical references
Instruments
of David
Tunes specified
Michtams, maskils, shiggaion
Song of Ascents
‘Praise’ used ~277 X’s in OT, ~164 in Psalms
=> Quantity and details indicate how important praise to the Lord should be, 145:1-3; 150:1-6

4. Percussion Instruments
Tôph - a frame drum)
Menne’îm -- a sistrum
Metziltãyim or tseltselîm – cymbals, Castanets
Pã‘amonim  -- bells or jingles. See pictures of these
Tôph - a frame drum.

5. Wind Instruments Shôfãr or keren yobél -- ram or goat’s horn
ûgãb -- flute
Mashrôkêtã -- double oboe
Keren -- horn or trumpet. 
Shôfãr or keren yobél
ûgãb -- the flute

6. String Instruments Kinnôr -- lyre Nébel - harp ãsôr — zither
Pesantêrin -- psaltery (a stringed instrument triangular in shape, or dulcimer)
Kãtrôs -- cithara
Sabkã -- harp shaped like a ladder on a boat. See pictures of these
Pesanterim - psaltery
Kinnor - lyre
sabka
nebel - harp

7. In this bas relief from the palace at Nineveh, circa 7000BC,  lyre strings are struck with a wooden baton, rather than plucked with a plectrum 

8. Applications
Song and music were important to ancient Israel in every area of life. They should be important to you in every area of your life. No one style or instrument is above another. The sheer quantity of the Psalms speaks to the importance of praise to the Lord in music and song.
You should praise the Lord with your voice.
You should praise the Lord with an instrument, if you play.
Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Praise the Lord. 150:6