Musical sounds

Bhikkhus, these five are the dangers for reciting the teaching in a musical tone. What five?

Oneself gets attached to the tone, others too get attached to the tone, householders laugh at it: In the manner that we sing, the sons of the recluse Gotama sing, the concentration of those who do not like musical notes gets destroyed. The later generation copy it.

Bhikkhus, these five are the dangers for reciting the teaching in a musical tone.