<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Richard has hit the nail on the head for the teaching of music theory. I think no one can argue with his last sentence. I have always asserted that, if you ask 10 theorists to analyze and explain a musical masterpiece, you will get 10 different theories.<div><br><div apple-content-edited="true">
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<br><div><div>On May 5, 2013, at 1:19 PM, Richard Hermann <<a href="mailto:harhar@unm.edu">harhar@unm.edu</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">
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<div>I caution my students to resist one-size-fits-all kinds of thinking. The more tools in the tool chest, the better.</div>
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Richard Hermann, Ph.D., Prof. of Music<br>
Regent's Lecturer<br>
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<div>On May 5, 2013, at 12:00 AM, Paul Setziol <<a href="mailto:setziolpaul@earthlink.net">setziolpaul@earthlink.net</a>> wrote:</div>
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