“Music” From Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:
(muse). Anciently known (Gen. 4:21; 31:27; Job 21:12). Vocal and instrumental, reached highest perfection in temple choirs (2 Sam. 6:5; 1 Chron. 25). Usual instruments, harp, timbrel, Psalter, trumpet, flute, pipe, and so forth.
“Neginah” From Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:
Singular of Neginoth
(Psa. 61, title).
“Music, Musicians, Musical Instruments” From Concise Bible Dictionary:
The harp and the organ, or pipe, were in use as early as Genesis 4:21. Laban, when chiding with Jacob for secretly leaving him, said he would have sent him away “with songs, with tabret, and with harp” (Gen. 31:27). The monuments show that the Egyptians had various musical instruments, the Israelites, therefore, if they had not known their use before going into Egypt, could have learned it there. When Moses sang the song of triumph at the Red Sea, Miriam answered with a tabret in her hand; and Samuel told Saul that he would meet a company of prophets with a psaltery, a tabret, a pipe, and a harp (1 Sam. 10:5).
There must have been with these prophets some knowledge of music, which doubtless under David was further cultivated and devoted to the service of God, their music being intimately connected with temple worship. He had several companies of singers, and players on instruments, which are often mentioned in the Psalm. As these were indited under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, we may conclude that this way of celebrating the praises of God was in accordance with the dispensation that then was. Such an exhortation as “Praise Him with the psaltery and harp,” is beautifully in place in the Psalms; but in the New Testament dispensation it is, “singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord”; and “I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.” “They that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth.”
In the headings of fifty-five of the Psalm the words occur, “To the chief musician”; the word is natsach, and simply means “to the chief or the leader,” and may therefore apply as much to the singers as to the musicians. The musical instruments are considered under their various names.
“Neginah, Neginoth” From Concise Bible Dictionary:
A word occurring in the heading of Psalm 4; Psalm 6; Psalm 54; Psalm 55; Psalm 61; Psalm 67; Psalm 76. It is supposed to signify in the plural “on stringed instruments,” as it is translated in Habakkuk 3:19. Neginah, the singular, occurs only in Psalm 61.
Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:
Meaning:
or ngiynath (Psa. 61:title) {neg-ee-nath'}; from 5059; properly, instrumental music; by implication, a stringed instrument; by extension, a poem set to music; specifically, an epigram
KJV Usage:
stringed instrument, musick, Neginoth (plural), song
Potts’ Bible Proper Names:
To be accompanied by a stringed instrument [NEGINAH], Psa. 4: Title.