Gabe H.

Music theory is often perceived as elitist, and many people believe they can make good music without any theory knowledge. While I absolutely agree with this notion, I do not believe music theory is designed to rationalize music. My philosophy is that music theory serves as a language to functionally explain why certain musical elements sound they way to; music is what we hear, not what we write. Through theory education, I aim to provide students a toolkit they can use to construct and understa…