Even in the case of lifeless instruments, such as the flute or harp, how will anyone recognize the tune they are playing unless the notes are distinct?
If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a ringing gong or a clanging cymbal.
Again, if the trumpet sounds a muffled call, who will prepare for battle?
“Make two trumpets of hammered silver to be used for calling the congregation and for having the camps set out.
They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling out to one another: ‘We played the flute for you, and you
‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.’