if you're interested...
 

some days I like to dig a little deeper into music, and this guy's site (which I've linked to before) offers some ideas to get you thinking:

Kyle Gann

this particular post posits some questions that might take your thoughts in another direction...

as a music teacher, I often (I mean OFTEN) get asked why do the kids have to learn this stuff...

Re: if you're interested...
 

Thanks Roger,
This IS very interesting to me, especially because I love counterpoint (thus, my love for the music of Gentle Giant), but it will be a challenge for this layman to understand all that is in this writing. Makes me wish I took classes like this MUCH earlier in life! That's not to say that when I retire from the proverbial day job, I cannot take a class or two...