However the type of music referred to herewith is not Phoenician but a speculation of what Phoenician music may have sounded like based on hints which are gathered from what survives today. Greek and Roman music, in addition to Christian church music were the basic and had a fundamental influence on Western music. Early Christianity took much of its culture from the Near East as one can find in early hymns. Further, early church music may well have been a combination of Hebrew and Phoenician music since the early church was primarily made up of Jewish and Phoenician converts who were the first to embrace the new faith during the Apostolic Age.

Since it is very hard to determine what the ancient tunes may have sounded like, one may be able to find traces of them in some hymns and liturgies of some churches of the Eastern rites. This ancient Maronite (Eastern Catholic church) Christmas hymn in Syriac may very well contain tones that have their roots in ancient Phoenician music. It is sung by Fairouz, a famous Lebanese Maronite singer accompanied by a chamber orchestra.