ABSTRACT
Music has been investigated by philosophers for some time, especially within the context of the metaphysics of music. This chapter discusses a philosophical light on music theories and musicology and in particular the question of musical laws, models and theories. It begins with the fundamental materials of music theory, and considers some theoretical frameworks for dealing with these. Music theories aim to describe different kinds of musical structure and how these different kinds of music organise the materials of music. The notion of a 'grand unified theory' of music that encompasses all types of music without alteration of some fundamental parameters is liable to be rather trivial. Regardless of whether or not selective subjectivism is to be taken seriously as a philosophical stance in the case of music and the interpretation of music theory, it can readily be seen that music theory contains several areas of interest for philosophers of science.
