[Avodah] Music During the 3 Weeks

[Moshe Y. Gluck]

R' MB:
AIUI, we hold of the Rama's heter and listen to music during the year; but
are nohagim not to use that heter during the 3 weeks. Point being, we're
talking about minhag, even if minhag Yisrael. Add to that the senifim
lehaqeil: listning to a recording, in private (where dancing is unlikely)
and of acapella, and I am hard pressed to understand the machmirim.
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It certainly seems that Minhag HaOlam is to be meikil by acapella. In
addition, the 9th Siyum HaShas was during Sefirah, and they had acapella
singing. (Though, IIRC, it was some sort of slow, maybe sad, song. I don't
remember - anyone else does? This was at Madison Square Garden.)

KT,
MYG