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"Western, common-practice tonal music (and notation)," is not anything close to a good definition of the word "music".
by quadrangle 12y ago
"Western, common-practice tonal music (and notation)," is not anything close to a good definition of the word "music".
- theOnliest 12y agoOf course it's not. I was just responding to the thought that a theory explains an observed phenomenon, and trying to show how for at least one definition of music that the OP was indeed "music theory." It never claims to be "a comprehensive guide to all things musical" or "a theory of all music," but it certainly qualifies as music theory.