09) TEMPO: Can the tempo of music be detrimental to both body and Spirit?

Prophetic Statements

Ezra Taft Benson

Don’t listen to music that is degrading. “Music can, by its tempo . . . dull the spiritual sensitivity of men (and women). Young people, you cannot afford to fill your minds with this unworthy, hard music of our day.” ^{[1] [2]}

Scriptures

Rock Artists

Supporting Statements

James Mursell

To study rhythm is to study all of music. Rhythm both organizes and is itself organized by all the elements which create and shape music processes. ^[3]

Gaston

When the musics from all cultures of the world are considered, it is rhythm that stands out as most fundamental. Rhythm is the organizer and energizer. ^[4]

1. ↑ “Inspiring Music-Worthy Thoughts,” Ensign 4 [January 1974]: 25
2. ↑ Ezra Taft Benson, The Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson [Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1988], 326
3. ↑ James Mursell, author of Principles of Music Education
4. ↑ Gaston