<story><title>Music Theory for the 21st-Century Classroom</title><url>https://musictheory.pugetsound.edu/mt21c/MusicTheory.html</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>jedimastert</author><text>A gentle reminder that this is &lt;i&gt;a&lt;/i&gt; theory of music, not &amp;quot;the&amp;quot; music theory, or more specifically Western European music theory, rooted in 17th century Germany. A problem for many &amp;quot;21st century classrooms&amp;quot; is how they VASTLY over-state the universality and &amp;quot;superiority&amp;quot; of this form of music theory.&lt;p&gt;Thing about the snooty elitist vibes of the &amp;quot;classical&amp;quot; chamber music world, then realize that almost every base assumption made have real-world counter-examples. 12 equal-tempered subdivisions to an octave is (possibly) obvious one, but most people don&amp;#x27;t realize that many musical cultures don&amp;#x27;t subdivide measures into even pulses, or have even&amp;#x2F;equal-sized measures (see &amp;quot;additive rhythm&amp;quot;).</text></comment>
<story><title>Music Theory for the 21st-Century Classroom</title><url>https://musictheory.pugetsound.edu/mt21c/MusicTheory.html</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>Slow_Hand</author><text>This looks like a very thoughtful and well laid out introduction to theory for anyone who wants to teach themselves. Well done.&lt;p&gt;Something like this should probably still be supplemented with an instructor who can provide the student with some immediate, fun, and practical exercises to make the process more exploratory and engaging, though. Something that will get them thinking musically right away.</text></comment>