In response to a friend, regarding “the natural law of music” and the article “Natural Law: Its Influence on Modern Music,” by Marion Bauer, The Musical Quarterly, October 1920. Hi Ruth, A few weeks ago I heard someone wax eloquent on “the natural law of music.” He was referring to it as God’s law of chord structure, etc., and violating the natural chord structure by rearranging the music so it does not resolve breaks God’s intended purpose and is against His will. He went much further as you can imagine, but I want to keep this simple, and ask if you think there is any merit to such a conclusion? I googled the phrase “natural law of music” and found an article that was very interesting. Link to the article: https://www.jstor.org/stable/737974#metadata_info_tab_contents Reply: Dear friend, My knowledge of music theory is very limited, so please take my reply with a grain of salt. It may be helpful to first summarize Marion Bauer’s article, in which the natural l