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Originally Posted by SpectralJulianIsNotDead
Plus, the widely accepted western classical music theory kids get fed in college doesn't account for microtonal music as far as I am aware of. Wouldn't the comprehension of microtonal systems be part of musical literacy?
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Yes and or no... surely its an extension of one branch of general musical literacy? I mean, no one is ever going to know every musical system, I don't think microtonal understanding is important enough to be considered fundamental to literacy, unlike the 'western classical music theory' you speak of. I mean, if you're including microtonal as 'crucial', would you then say you have to have an in-depth knowledge of spectralism, and Xenakis? I love both, and I have a musical literacy, but I don't particularly feel the need to understand how Xenakis got from statistical analysis of clouds to his IRCAM system, mainly because I would probably need a phd in maths...