“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… — Dmitri Tymoczko Copy Share Image
“Finally, we often hear some pitches or notes as being more important (or “central”) than others. These pitches tend to serve as points of… — Dmitri Tymoczko Copy Share Image
“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,… — Dmitri Tymoczko Copy Share Image
“Of these five features, harmonic consistency is clearly the most culturally specific. The idea that music should consist of rapidly changing chords is a… — Dmitri Tymoczko Copy Share Image
