tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post5181157094009315213..comments2023-11-02T07:25:45.884-05:00Comments on Mormanity - a blog for those interested in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: What About Those Who Can't Sing?Jeff Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08776493593387402607noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-71581242665144918112015-02-11T07:05:48.934-06:002015-02-11T07:05:48.934-06:00Yes, an interesting metaphor indeed...
Consider t...Yes, an interesting metaphor indeed...<br /><br />Consider this sentence from the post:<br /><br /><i>"Regular practice may be as crucial to singing on pitch as it is for learning an instrument."</i><br /><br />Then these verses from Ephesians 4:17-19 (particularly 19)<br /><br /><i> 17 This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,<br /><br /> 18 Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:<br /><br /> 19 Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.</i><br /><br />And this rather remarkable one from 1 Nephi 17:45<br /><br /><i>"Ye are swift to do iniquity but slow to remember the Lord your God. Ye have seen an angel, and he spake unto you; yea, ye have heard his voice from time to time; and he hath spoken unto you in a still small voice, but ye were past feeling, that ye could not feel his words; wherefore, he has spoken unto you like unto the voice of thunder, which did cause the earth to shake as if it were to divide asunder."</i><br /><br />Apparently, what we practice determines how we feel about "religious" things and possibly much more.bearybhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06489716403013822895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-8546869563694563502015-02-10T13:13:10.564-06:002015-02-10T13:13:10.564-06:00Huh. An interesting one. For many people singing i...Huh. An interesting one. For many people singing is something that you either learn young, or never learn. Religions, of course, are like that as well.<br /><br />If that's the metaphor, it's kind of biased in favor of religion, because music really exists. Harmonies are frequency ratios. Some people are really talented at singing. A few even have perfect pitch — they can hear tonal intervals, or even absolute frequencies, very accurately.<br /><br />Some people are tone deaf. Ulysses S. Grant famously stated that he knew only two tunes: one was Yankee Doodle, and the other wasn't.<br /><br />Tone deaf people may well have the impression that everyone else is just imposing arbitrary likes and dislikes on equivalent sounds, in the bizarre delusion that the difference is somehow significant. Maybe some people have an analogous inability to perceive religious phenomena.<br /><br />Or of course this musical metaphor for religion may not fit reality, because maybe there really isn't anything there, in the case of religion, the way there is with music. But it's interesting to consider that maybe, even if religious experiences are indeed real, there might be some people who just do not and cannot get them.James Anglinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18266855639647700167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-85874813957154645822015-02-09T23:17:54.254-06:002015-02-09T23:17:54.254-06:00I can't suppress the nagging feeling that this...I can't suppress the nagging feeling that this article is a metaphor for something else...<br /><br />Mark SteeleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-33530311207823202782015-02-09T09:48:41.292-06:002015-02-09T09:48:41.292-06:00Hey, I skipped the third grade too. And have the ...Hey, I skipped the third grade too. And have the handwriting to prove it!<br /><br />But, the best thing that can be done immediately to help people sing? Have an organist who plays up to tempo and loud enough that nobody needs to fear that his voice will be heard. <br /><br />On the other hand, play softly and slowly and watch the singers without confidence disappear into silence.Mark Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04399663401315831060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-48559194835804366472015-02-09T08:29:38.441-06:002015-02-09T08:29:38.441-06:00Singing in confined spaces helps, too. I think it&...Singing in confined spaces helps, too. I think it's something about reverberation, though shame on me as a physicist for not really knowing just what. Some people sing in the shower. As kids we used to sing in the car on long road trips. When there's nothing else to do for several hours, you sing along. At some point it's fun.James Anglinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18266855639647700167noreply@blogger.com