Mark's Mormon Music Blog

  • About…
  • Intro & List of Articles
    • Where are the new hymns?
    • Bringing the Power of the Spirit
    • Vocal Ranges in Hymns – a statistical analysis
    • Hymnbook Statistical Analysis 2 – Time
    • Appropriate Sacrament Meeting Music, Part I
    • My first live General Conference
    • A Poor Wayfaring Man of Grief
    • My Stake Conference Choir 1 – Did You Think to Pray?
    • My Stake Conference Choir 2 – More Holiness Give Me
    • On Commercializing Music
    • Orson Scott Card Hymns: Forword 1
    • Orson Scott Card Hymns: Forword 2
    • Orson Scott Card Hymns: Forword 3
    • Orson Scott Card Hymns: Forword 4

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Where are the new hymns?

October 9, 2017 by Mark 3 Comments

Here’s a topic I’ve been contemplating a long time. There are two well-known talks on this subject, both from the mid 70's, one by Elder Packer and the other by [Read more...]

Posted in: Culture, General

Hymnbook Statistical Analysis 2 – Time

January 12, 2017 by Mark 16 Comments

In discussing the hymns, time is more subjective than pitch, since it depends on how fast (or slow) the organist is playing. (Notice I didn't say how fast the [Read more...]

Posted in: Compositional Issues, General

Appropriate Sacrament Meeting Music, Part I

August 22, 2016 by Mark 1 Comment

  I’ve thought quite a lot about this topic over the years. As with many musicians, playing in church was among my first experiences in public [Read more...]

Posted in: Culture, General

The Intro and the Plan

April 29, 2015 by Mark 1 Comment

I've been considering writing a blog for some time now. I've got something to say about music and Mormonism and Mormon music and music in Mormon life and [Read more...]

Posted in: General, Testimony and Hymns

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