I don’t think you can really throw music theory out because so much of it is inate to humans hearing and culture, and it’s largely a formalization of such. How

I don’t think you can really throw music theory out because so much of it is inate to humans hearing and culture, and it’s largely a formalization of such. However, the rub is that what most people consider music theory is western classical theory. There’s a lot of different music theories around the world , with different scales, structures etc… Here’s a video you might find interesting of a microtonal guitar https://youtu.be/OVZShd7GZAY https://youtu.be/OVZShd7GZAY Also a really good video on why “music theory” is often largely paired to western music https://youtu.be/Kr3quGh7pJA https://youtu.be/Kr3quGh7pJA while there’s so many alternates out there