There are two kinds of Church music:
- sacred
- utility
or is it:
- elevating
- subsumable
or is it:
- perduring
- ephemeral
or is it:
- Word-driven
- meter-driven
or is it:
- vertical (theologically, i.e., meant to aspire towards God’s beauty)
- horizontal (theologically, i.e., meant to reflect the anthropology of the assembly)
or is it:
- horizontal (musically, i.e. based on melody)
- vertical (musically, i.e. based on chordal progressions, i.e. written at the piano)