'gum', (an un-capitalised acronym of 'grand universal music') is an 'argumentum ad musicum'. Whether you translate that as 'an argument from music', or 'an argument to the musician', is (of course) entirely up to you. 'gum' seeks to be a discreet set of observations upon which truths can be stated about Music, *no matter the style or culture within which it arises*. Its aim is to investigate, not what Music is, but what Music can, or could, be. In...