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> Music theory is about chords, scales, rhythm, and - most importantly and elusively - how to fit them together to say something interesting. That's part of it
by chrisjj 1mo ago
> Music theory is about chords, scales, rhythm, and - most importantly and elusively - how to fit them together to say something interesting.
That's part of it, but you can make music with none of it.
Me, I agree with WP:
"Music theory is the study of theoretical frameworks for understanding the practices and possibilities of music."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_theory
- simonask 1mo ago> That's part of it, but you can make music with none of it. Does anybody, though? Would anybody listen to it? Every culture on Earth has music. All of them use chords, scales, and rhythm, in various ways. Definitely not all of them use the Western diatonic system, but that's beside the point.