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http://revach.net/article.php?id=506<br><br>
</a>Music In The 3 Weeks: Recorded Music, Acapella, Kumzitz, Singing To
Yourself, <a href="http://revach.net/article.php?id=506#">Music
Lessons</a><br><br>
The Mishna Brura (551:16) says that it is assur to dance in the 3 weeks.
This is the reason for the issur of listening to music. All the recent
poskim (including Rav Moshe Feinstein and the Minchas Yitzchok) say that
this includes listening to music even recorded from a tape or CD.
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Rav Elyashiv, Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach, The Tzitz Eliezer (15:33) and
others say that even acapella recordings, singing that doesn't have
musical instruments, are also forbidden. <br><br>
A gathering of people are forbidden to sing if it is the kind of songs
that will lead to dancing. Songs of praise to Hashem or in the spirit of
the nine days are permitted. <br><br>
Singing to yourself is permitted because it is just to lift your spirits
and you don't usually break out in dance. Nevertheless the Steipler
Gaon did not let his children sing during the 3 weeks, only on Shabbos.
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Music teachers can
<a href="http://revach.net/article.php?id=506#">continue</a> to give
lessons in the 3 weeks if they need to for their livelihood. Rav Elyashiv
paskens that although permissible until Rosh Chodesh Av, lessons should
not be given in the 9 days. (see Pischei Tshuvos 493:4 and 551:13) <br>
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