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> [“Of these five features, harmonic consistency is clearly the most culturally specific. The idea that music should consist of rapidly changing chords is a deeply Western idea, in a double sense: it is deep, insofar as it characterizes much Western…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dmitri-tymoczko/of-these-five-features-harmonic-consistency-is-clearly-the-most/)

Dmitri Tymoczko

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## More by Dmitri Tymoczko

> [“Finally, we often hear some pitches or notes as being more important (or “central”) than others. These pitches tend to serve as points of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dmitri-tymoczko/finally-we-often-hear-some-pitches-or-notes-as-being-more-important/)

Dmitri Tymoczko

> [“By contrast, the three other features—conjunct melodic motion, limited macroharmony, and centricity—are common to virtually all human music. This near universality may be attributable,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dmitri-tymoczko/by-contrast-the-three-other-features-conjunct-melodic-motion-limited/)

Dmitri Tymoczko

> [“Of these five features, harmonic consistency is clearly the most culturally specific. The idea that music should consist of rapidly changing chords is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dmitri-tymoczko/of-these-five-features-harmonic-consistency-is-clearly-the-most/)

Dmitri Tymoczko

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