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Re:Did Bach “invent” the rules of music theory? by vintermann on Monday August 22, 2022 @02:55AM (#32548175)
Call it rules of style, then. There have been plenty of prescriptive rules of style, old Arnold got (in)famous for coming up with one.

The point is, maybe we should stick to being descriptive, but throughout history we certainly haven't.

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