{"id":30386,"date":"2020-09-12T17:03:51","date_gmt":"2020-09-12T21:03:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/?p=30386"},"modified":"2020-09-13T09:50:31","modified_gmt":"2020-09-13T13:50:31","slug":"music-theory-and-white-supremacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/?p=30386","title":{"rendered":"Music Theory and White Supremacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What happens when you realize \"music theory\" actually means \"the harmonic style of certain 18th century European musicians\"?<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper fourthree\" title=\"Music Theory and White Supremacy\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_Kr3quGh7pJA\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/Kr3quGh7pJA\/hqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Kr3quGh7pJA\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT44M2S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2020-09-07T15:11:00Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_Kr3quGh7pJA\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/Kr3quGh7pJA\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Music Theory and White Supremacy<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Kr3quGh7pJA\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/Kr3quGh7pJA\/0.jpg\" alt=\"Music Theory and White Supremacy\" width=\"640\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Thanks to Phil Ewell and his paper: https:\/\/mtosmt.org\/issues\/mto.20.26.2\/mto.20.26.2.ewell.html Support this channel: https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/adamneely SOURCES https:\/\/bit.ly\/2ZdxpMW 0:00 Introduction 2:53 Part I - The White Racial Frame of Music Theory 8:28 Part iim - North Indian Theory and Perspectives 16:52 Part IIIm7b5 - Alternative Perspectives to Western Theory 22:04 Part IVmaj7 - Music isn\u2019t a Universal 28:24 Part V7(b9,#9,b13) - Heinrich Schenker 36:16 Part vim - Responses to Phil Ewell 40:19 Part viio - Coda (\u2310\u25a0_\u25a0) \u29bf Adam Neely T-shirts! \u29bf https:\/\/teespring.com\/stores\/adam-neely-merchandise \u29bf SUPPORT ME ON PATREON \u29bf http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/adamneely \u29bf FOLLOW ME ON THE INTERNETS \u29bf http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/adamneely http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/its_adamneely \u29bf Check out some of my music \u29bf http:\/\/sungazermusic.bandcamp.com http:\/\/insideoutsidemusic.bandcamp.com http:\/\/adamneelymusic.bandcamp.com Peace, Adam\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p>And what if you then start paying attention to the explicit intentions of the 20th C's foremost music theorists and notice that they are, in fact, full of white supremacist cliches? And it's still happening.<\/p>\n<p>Or if you like pictures:<br \/>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper fourthree\" title=\"Beethoven Sucks At Music\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_z-ehoBvAepo\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/z-ehoBvAepo\/hqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/z-ehoBvAepo\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT14M56S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2020-08-14T17:00:13Z\" \/><\/div><meta itemprop=\"accessibilityFeature\" content=\"captions\" \/><div id=\"lyte_z-ehoBvAepo\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/z-ehoBvAepo\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Beethoven Sucks At Music<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/z-ehoBvAepo\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/z-ehoBvAepo\/0.jpg\" alt=\"Beethoven Sucks At Music\" width=\"640\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"There are no Great Composers. 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