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1.Early Christian music was influenced by the two cultural music practices of the Jews and the Greeks. Early Christians and Christianity can trace its roots to the Jewish religion which is why early Christian music was greatly influence to the Jewish culture and music prowess and practices. The Jews recited their scripture and this influenced the lyrics for the early Christian music. At the same time, music was predominantly in the synagogues where they worshiped at the time, in the synagogues, for coherency, they people had to be led by one person while the mass would follow or answer in one rhythm.

The Greek on the other hand had subdivided their music into different groups which influenced the early Christian music which was subdivided into different part to showcase which rhyme each music would take. Poetry was of great influence to Greek music and this was incorporated into early Christian music and more so I how the recitals were conducted. The poetry was also informative in ensuring that people would follow the guidelines which were laid down although the Greeks did have musical variations based on the performer as no two performances were alike. This can be showcased in early Christian music which has also influenced the current Christian music where different people will sing the same song but with different styles. The freedom to do this can be traced to Greek musical culture.

Early Christian music was further influenced by the Hebrew music due to its use by Jesus on the last supper. The fact that Jesus was the founder of the early Christian and the Christian religion and His use of Jewish Psalms, his followers would do the same and borrow from the Jewish Psalms among other lyrics.

Another important issue is that early Christians had to hide when they were practicing Christianity. The secret meetings meant that they were going to meet rarely and when they did, time for teaching would not be available. The early Christians sang in different tones and this might have been attributed to the exposure to both cultures where some were gentiles more so Greeks, and hence they sang using the Greek rhyme and rhythm while others were Jews which meant that they used the Jewish Psalms. The author of the article was able to explain this more rationally and it is possible to understand why early Christian music could not be replicate as it was based on atrial method and without the right documentation such as recordings, it is hard to repeat music as it were in the past. It is also important to note that culture has evolved which is why it is hard to interpret the symbols which Greeks inscribed above each word where tone was supposed to change making it hard to replicate early Christian music.

2. Culture has changed and developed in many different ways since the Old Testament Jewish culture days. Back then; the culture was pretty much completely controlled by the religion. Therefore every single part of everyone's day was immersed with the religion, which in turn was the culture. Back then, the Church held such great power and control over society, that there really wasn't room to express oneself in a different way than what was the "norm" back then. High art and music was also considered sacred at the time.

Over time many changes occurred regarding the religion and Christianity grew to prominence. During this time, the people didn't believe exactly to the point of what every other neighbor did. Which led to different views, expressions and opinions, but they all had a common belief in God. Reformations, wars and the loss of power were more turning points for religion to not be the great influencer of culture.

In today's day, religion and culture doe not entirely go hand in hand anymore. With the Church not having the power that it used to have, and pop culture replacing folk culture. People today are freely able to express themselves that is very much different from the Old Testament Jewish culture. I feel as though a lot of the rules and regulations the culture in that era has evolved to be more lenient and accepting.