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Music Theory and White Supremacy
Adam Neely · Sep 7, 2020 · 44m 2s
What this video covers
Adam Neely examines Phil Ewell's paper arguing Western music theory is framed by a white racial perspective. He covers North Indian theory, alternative frameworks, Schenker and responses to the paper.
Why it surfaced in Hacker News
HN recommends it as the canonical video on how music theory is really the theory of one Western tradition, with the raga example.
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