MUSICAL THEORY - Compositional rules or principles governing melodic, harmonic and rhythmic practices in addition to being period-specific in Western music and culture-specific in other-than-Western music.

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musical theory governs melodic practice
musical theory governs harmonic practice
musical theory governs rhythmic practice
musical theory embody rules of composition
musical theory is/are rules of composition
musical theory is subdiscipline of Baroque music