In this video, we explain the theories on which Academia Larte’s videos are based. They differ from conventional approaches to music theory in key ways. First, in addition to conventional theories—which historically emerged from the performative and pedagogical requirements of musical analysis and interpretation—we primarily draw on findings from music psychology to describe how music is formed in our brains from sensory impressions, memories, and expectations. In doing so, we also examine the concepts of traditional music theory and demonstrate how they are, in part, contradictory or unclear. Finally, we bridge the gap to ancient creation myths through an innovative musical ontology. The result is not metaphysical speculation. Rather, understanding the way we internally construct and experience music helps us gain general insights into how we perceive inner worlds of experience and the physical external world.