So I'll be volunteering at a youth education center this summer. My boss was like, "I like for each volunteer to develop some programming for the students based on something you know well and love." I responded that I could teach music/music theory to the kids. Then she was like, "Awesome. That'll be a great experience for them. But what's the practical use of music theory? Like in actual school." And... I did not know what she meant or how to answer. I just murmured something about rhythm and math or something. So my question: How would you answer that? Is music theory a good thing for non-musicians to just learn?
music theory can be any way you have of understanding the music you are playing. the theory might be totally different depending on which music your playing. i'm not sure if that answers your question