Re:Basic Music Theory
by UncleMeat on Sunday February 14, 2021 @09:20PM
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> Well, Indian and Chinese theories you're never gonna use in 99% of the music you play in the US, so you might as well ignore it.
You don't see how this comes across at least "racist-adjacent"? "Whatever, all that other stuff isn't relevant to what we do here in the US. It isn't worth learning."
That's obviously false. There's been a centuries long tradition of mixing of musical approaches to create great stuff. The most uniquely american musics (blues, jazz, hiphop) all have roots in western african music brought over via slavery. This isn't just "ethnic fusion" but truly deep exploration of the breadth of human music.
You don't see how this comes across at least "racist-adjacent"? "Whatever, all that other stuff isn't relevant to what we do here in the US. It isn't worth learning."
That's obviously false. There's been a centuries long tradition of mixing of musical approaches to create great stuff. The most uniquely american musics (blues, jazz, hiphop) all have roots in western african music brought over via slavery. This isn't just "ethnic fusion" but truly deep exploration of the breadth of human music.