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There's not much "music theory" here aside from the knowledge that there are 12 notes which repeat in octaves. He mentions a few modes (phrygian, etc) but that'
by TaupeRanger 8y ago
There's not much "music theory" here aside from the knowledge that there are 12 notes which repeat in octaves. He mentions a few modes (phrygian, etc) but that's not particularly esoteric. The rest is relating those ideas to simple mathematical constructs and seeing what comes out.
- jm_l 8y agoTo understand propriety/coherence (about 2/3 of the way down the page) you'll also need to have an understanding of enharmonics, and perhaps some context on why it's important to be able to know whether an interval is e.g. an augmented 3rd or a perfect fourth.