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Music theory shows up on Love Music More as a working tool, not an exam: the solo episode The Circle of Fifths Depicts the Blueprint treats the circle as a composer's map, and Dr. Guy Shkolnik walks through why a Beatles chord progression actually works. Luke applies the same thinking in his own writing: P.A.R.T.S. bridges into an octatonic scale to match its late-capitalism lyric.

Every place music theory turns up across Luke F. Walton's work: 2 songs, 56 episodes, 5 more.

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Everybody Can Be Dancing Because Counterpoint Podcast episode How Notes Take Shape: Inversions and Harmony Podcast episode It's the Circle of Fifths Newsletter Music Theory is Just a Useful Tool Podcast episode The Circle of Fifths Depicts the Blueprint Podcast episode To Learn The Sound with Dr. Guy Shkolnik (PhD in Bach, Music Theory Influencer) Podcast episode What are the modes? (Modal Harmony and YOU!) Podcast episode 440 or 432 Hz — What Frequency Is Better? Newsletter A Universe Of Groove with Harry Terrell (Still Woozy, Maggie Rogers, The Breathing Effect) Podcast episode Bending The Fabric Of Scales with Levi McClain (31-Note Microtonalist) Podcast episode Do Keys Feel Different? Podcast episode How I Write Bass Parts Podcast episode Knowing vs. Understanding Podcast episode Navigating Fulfilling Chords Podcast episode Odd Time Signatures, Social Media and Musical Surprise with Josh Zimmer Podcast episode Orchestration and Ostinato (Conversations in Audio) Podcast episode Part-writing: Turning notes and chords into music! Podcast episode The Rhythm of Craft / the Chaos of Creativity Podcast episode Thinking Polyphonically (Fugue State) Podcast episode Why are chords a thing? Podcast episode Why are there 12 notes? Podcast episode Why are there twelve notes? Newsletter Why You Should Listen to Albums Podcast episode A Big Hug To The Year That Was 2025 Podcast episode a song to quit your job to (Track / Production Commentary) - Scoobert Doobert Podcast episode A Symphony in The Taste Gap with Harley Eblen (Billboard #1 String Arranger) Podcast episode Becoming a Multi-Instrumentalist Podcast episode Eat The Beatles (Influences and Growing Creatively) Podcast episode Finding Channels in the Fretboard with Jeb Sherrill (the chair guy) Podcast episode From Neumes to Notes: The Evolution of Music Notation Podcast episode Functional Biomechanics In Musical Performance Podcast episode Generative AI Ain't Got Nothing on This Podcast episode Get in the Flow (A TikTok State of Mind) Podcast episode Growing as a Musician: Progress Isn't Linear Podcast episode Guitar, Joy, and Spreading the Love of Music with Patrick Dean Podcast episode Life as a Touring Bassist with Eric England Podcast episode Motion Over Time Podcast episode Multi-Instrumentalism & Touring with Clairo (with Steve Brickman) Podcast episode Music History (and Why It Matters!) Podcast episode Nirvana and the Pixies - The History of Rock Music (Part 12) Podcast episode Not So Classical: Genre Pockets, Cello and The Unconscious with Greg Byers Podcast episode Oblique Strategies (Breaking Through Creative Walls) Podcast episode P.A.R.T.S. Song Perfect Pitch - Nature or Nurture? Podcast episode Silence, The Points Between The Notes Podcast episode Taken To Unexpected Places with Cal Kevany (Wallice, Albert Hammond Jr, JW Francis) Podcast episode Taste, Intuition and the Dunning-Kruger Effect in Music Podcast episode The Beyond Vocab Incantations Podcast episode The Modern Composer (Video Games and Immersive Art with Patrick Hart) Podcast episode The Permutation Plus The Personality Podcast episode The Value of Music Education Podcast episode Tips for Lyrics Writing, Writers' Block and Not Giving Up Podcast episode Tuning into the Universe's Frequency (What Are Notes?) Newsletter Viral Mashups, Drumming, and Life on the Road with Danny Wolf Podcast episode Why "vibe" is my #1 musical goal Podcast episode Why Contrast Is Your (Second) Greatest Songwriting Tool Podcast episode Why should I practice? Podcast episode

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Bass, Japan, and Videogame Music with Bubby Lewis (Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, Stevie Wonder) Podcast episode From Fugazi to Olivia Rodrigo - The History of Rock Music (Part 13) Podcast episode I Album Teach Me Guitar in 60 Seconds with Lindy Day Podcast episode The Last 5% Is the Hardest Podcast episode Tokyo Song

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