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Theory related post from elsewhere

Makes no sense to me ... but then, I'm not as smart as a musical theorist. I love the line "Diatonic natural modes were designed to be the baselines if all western musical classical formations of acoustic measurements." Uh ... I'm pretty sure that musical theory simply describes what IS ... and was not "designed" to describe what will be. But that's the only line I understood (or perhaps, misunderstood). I usually avoid these kinds of discussions like a plague ... most often the content is only minimally useful (if at all) and more often is just pure pedantics. Some people just need to pick up an axe and go play something ... anything.
 
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This is irritating. In reality, music theory is not any more complex than playing an instrument. Most of the time terms and explanation are designed to make the subject more 'important', or give professors something to talk about endlessly and then put on exams.
Music theory is a tool. No one puts a combination lock on a hammer or screwdriver. (put they do put locks on tool boxes to keep people out).