What is music theory? - Hybrid Pedagogy - 0 views
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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.
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theories are generally descriptive representations of a style, not prescriptive principles to guide creative compositional work.
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a musical theory is a simplified, expedient, and usually preliminary step in intertextual analysis.
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my personal goal for the core curriculum is to help students think critically and in detail about music, and to communicate clearly and persuasively about music.
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An interesting investigation into music theory. More related to tertiary music, but still a good read.
