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| Topic | Is music theory racist? |
| InYourWalls1 10/19/20 3:38:30 PM #82: | ZeroX91 posted... No. The same process happening in 1600s Europe was the same process in musical development in every other part of the world. You could maybe say that the terminology and verbage have some weird racial coding or something but even that is a strech. Music is basically just math with sound. Is it fair to compare music to math? Honest question. I get that theory is describing certain relations and there are perhaps some constant elements, but at the same time I would think we would be remiss to say, for example, that there's a correct/true way to make use of consonance and dissonance given how the subjective reception thereof can vary so widely. Or supposing I was working on a song and had writer's block - music theory could uncover various ways forward but ultimately I couldn't necessarily "solve" the problem in as far as one way forward wouldn't necessarily be better than another Edit: just noticed this was already adressed; missed that post. The analogy with language theory seems a bit closer to the mark. --- The fully enlightened earth radiates disaster triumphant ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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