I'm taking classical piano lessons currently, and I have much the same reaction. I don't love all the strict rules imposed by western music, but I do love the n

I'm taking classical piano lessons currently, and I have much the same reaction. I don't love all the strict rules imposed by western music, but I do love the notation and theory, because it generalized in interesting ways across tunings and notation. Just like I learned C (for example) before imagining my own languages, or how I've learned many libraries before writing my own, I also appreciate the structure of classical notation for what it is.