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GrumpySloth on Oct 22, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Beyond Smart

Italian, not Latin. Italian is the language of music. Italy used to be the capital of European music. That's where it comes from. I also wouldn't classify it as mere "theory". It's basic notation that appears in notes. Calling it "theory" is like calling control flow constructs in Pascal (the language) "theory".

noobly on Oct 22, 2021 [–]

It's called music theory though? I agree it's a bad name, but that's what it's called..

chuchana on Oct 23, 2021 | [–]

It is. This video argues it would be more accurate to call it the harmonic style of 18th century European musicians: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kr3quGh7pJA

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