Talk:A cappella

message: The instrument upon which Christians are told to play is the human heart!  The is: making melody "in your heart to the Lord".74.37.109.123 (talk) 18:21, 2 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Debate over instruments in Christian worship

message: How do you call the opposite of A capella? When an instrument sounds like a human voice. I once heard the word "voccata" but I'm not sure whether I remember it right and the spelling is surely wrong.--TeakHoken193.187.211.118 (talk) 07:58, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Opposite?

message: Most or all of the "Recording Artists" section is really off topic, should be pulled in its entirety. Does "a cappella" mean the unaccompanied voice or not? 72.228.177.92 (talk) 10:42, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  “[[{{ARTICLEPAGENAME}}#Recording artists|Recording artists]]” section is off topic 

message: The inclusion of a section with only a list of European groups has been questioned.  I agree that it isn't appropriate in its current form.  Is there any opposition to moving the section content to a new List of European a cappella groups article and linking to it from this article, perhaps in the 'See also' section? —ADavidB 10:09, 29 December 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: An admin took it upon herself to delete the section without comment; seeing no urgency, I've restored it for now. —ADavidB 03:37, 31 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  List of European a cappella groups 

message: Instruments have divided Christendom since their introduction into worship. They were considered a Catholic innovation, not widely practiced until the 18th century, and were opposed vigorously in worship by a number of Protestant Reformers, including Martin Luther (1483–1546),
What about A Mighty Fortress Is Our God?174.137.237.65 (talk) 19:49, 18 July 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I'll be removing the Martin Luther reference in about a week (unless given a reason not to).174.137.237.65 (talk) 18:15, 31 July 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Both references to Luther are sourced (though I don't have access to the sources).  What in the "Mighty Fortress" article suggests Luther supported instrumental music in worship? —ADavidB 07:01, 1 August 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah, and I don't know the WP policy off-hand on the not-so-accessible sources--online ones would help.I've never heard the hymn without music. This Youtube dynamic url indicates as much.174.137.237.65 (talk) 19:22, 7 August 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Okay, so this Steve Green does it a cappella, but it's solo.174.137.237.65 (talk) 19:25, 7 August 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I wonder if it would be okay to post this in the A Mighty Fortress talk page.174.137.237.65 (talk) 19:36, 7 August 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Offline sources are acceptable; of course they're much easier to verify if freely available online. If the source content is questioned, a "" or "" template can be added to encourage anyone with access to check on it.  As you suggested, introducing the concern on the 'Mighty Fortress' talk page may be helpful. —ADavidB 05:23, 10 August 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I guess I'm not questioning the veracity or accuracy of the quote as much as the (online) accessibility. In this archived section (quick search on my part), the editor wrote “There is no requirement that sources be online, but we do require them to be cited in such a way that a reader of the article could, if they so wished, find the hard copy sources, say in a library, and verify what they say.” I did a cursory Google check using the reference, “^ Martin Luther, Mcclintock & Strong's Encyclopedia Volume VI, page 762,” for the search and got Bible Topics In The Christian Library. I'll leave the credibility debate for others (it's definately POV on instrumental music on church without much Biblical backing cited), but it had an interesting (alleged at least) quote from Luther: "The organ in the worship of God is an ensign of Baal. The Roman Catholic borrowed it from the Jews." (Not being Jewish, I didn't even know that Jews were really into church organs).Very well, I will leave it well enough alone (at least for a good long time), and will go to the A Mighty Fortress article and maybe Wikiquotes. Thank you for your help.174.137.237.65 (talk) 18:10, 14 August 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Okay, I put postings on this Talk:A Mighty Fortress Is Our God, Talk:Martin Luther, and in WQ  Talk:Martin Luther. FYI: no mention of Luther in the German version of this article. I'll be back in several days. Cheers.174.137.237.65 (talk) 19:26, 14 August 2013 (UTC)

text:  For those that are watching, I updated all of the references on this article and verified accuracy. The discussed reference...Mcclintock's and Strong was slightly incorrect as Martin Luther was not an author which was the impression I got by my reading of it, regardless, it as well as the rest of the references have all been verified (or deleted if they were bad links to commerical websites), and standardized. I hope no one minds that I did this. On another note, I enjoyed the read and believe this needs to be re-assessed because there is no way this is merely a "Start". speednat (talk) 19:29, 6 November 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Luther opposed instruments? 

message: Lately there are quite a few videos on Youtube of people singing a cappella with themselves. They record themselves singing one particular part of the song, and then layer the different parts on top of each other. This is only possible with modern technology, and the individual/small-scale nature of the internet is probably making it more popular/feasible as well. I think some mention could be made in the article about this, at least. CodeCat (talk) 18:30, 27 November 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Agree that this deserves a mention, but it goes back further than you might think. See History of multitrack recording. Didn't find any a cappella examples there, but I'm sure there were some. —Wahoofive (talk) 06:30, 28 November 2013 (UTC)

text: In addition to finalized songs, many a cappella musicians use solo multitrack recordings for training purposes, which may be worthy of inclusion.  An example site with links to sources of such "learning tracks" is http://www.barbershopconnections.com/learning/. —ADavidB 08:56, 28 November 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Solo" a cappella 

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message: As part of #1lib1ref, I am adding references. I checked the liner notes of the album for that "Norman Normal" song, because I couldn't find any other information about the fact that it was entirely a cappella. 
In the listing of the songs on each side of the record album, it does say "Norman Normal : Paul Crowd, crowd; Paul Esophagus, electric bass; Paul Larynx, second guitar; Paul Mouth, percussion; Paul Stookey, lead voice; Paul Stookey, second voice; Paul Throat, lead guitar".
So, it is indeed a fact that all sounds are created by Paul Stookey, even though it is only there in a punny and non-explicit way. I hope this citation is okay/ helpful. 
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