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There is no one way to make music, and there certainly isn’t one theory about how to make and understand music.

theories are generally descriptive representations of a style, not prescriptive principles to guide creative compositional work.

a musical theory is a simplified, expedient, and usually preliminary step in intertextual analysis.

It’s true that the Internet can be a wild and woolly place to find information, with the potential for complexity, bias and reliability concerns. However, it is also the environment that most resembles real life, where complexity, bias and reliability concerns are just part of the way the world actually works.

1. Start with the Wikipedia article.

look at the citations list.

Exposure doesn’t always mean harm – it is simply part of a learning experience

Here are some questions I ask myself as I go through this process: Will the learning activities provide learners with opportunities to tap into their own personal interests and passions? Will the learning activities offer the learners the chance to put them “selves” into their work? Will the learning activities provide learners with opportunities to express themselves using their own authentic voices? Will the learners find the learning activities engaging? interesting? relevant? useful? What “cool” technologies can be used to help meet both the instructional and the learners’ goals? Will the learning activities provide learners with opportunities to have fun and to play? Will learners be able to do at least some of the work independently? Will the learning activities give all of the learners opportunities to shine? Will the learners get the chance to share their work with other learners, with a more global audience?