Re:Basic Music Theory
by coldtea on Sunday February 14, 2021 @01:47PM
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>I think you have it backwards. It's nothing like a mathematical theorem, since you can't really prove anything about the subjective human experience of listening to music.
That's exactly what makes it like a mathematical theorem.
Mathematical theorems are not about proving anything about "subjective human experience".
The axioms of western music theory just prove that X chord is the dominant under these conditions, or Y plays this role in that context, or Z scale/mode/whatever should be constructed as such, or M and Y form a K together, and so on.
Similar to how a (quite simple) algebra would work.
That's exactly what makes it like a mathematical theorem.
Mathematical theorems are not about proving anything about "subjective human experience".
The axioms of western music theory just prove that X chord is the dominant under these conditions, or Y plays this role in that context, or Z scale/mode/whatever should be constructed as such, or M and Y form a K together, and so on.
Similar to how a (quite simple) algebra would work.