---
title: "3 Dmitri Tymoczko Quotes - Famous Composer"
description: "American music theorist... | Dmitri Tymoczko is an American music theorist and composer. As a theorist, he has published more than two dozen articles de..."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-dmitri-tymoczko-75533.jpg"
---

![Portrait of Dmitri Tymoczko](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-dmitri-tymoczko-75533.jpg)

# Dmitri Tymoczko

(1969)   Composer

 **3** quotes in **1** categories

Rate this collection:  ★ ★ ★ ★ ★   No ratings yet

Dmitri Tymoczko is a composer.

## Quick Facts About Dmitri Tymoczko

Born December 16, 1969

Profession Composer

## About Dmitri Tymoczko

American music theorist... \| Dmitri Tymoczko is an American music theorist and composer. As a theorist, he has published more than two dozen articles dealing with topics related to contemporary tonality, including scales, voice leading, and functional harmonic norms. His article "The Geometry of Musical Chords" was the first mu

##  Quotes 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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dmitri-tymoczko/finally-we-often-hear-some-pitches-or-notes-as-being-more-important/)

[Dmitri Tymoczko](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dmitri-tymoczko/)

[Song](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/song/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e4c/dmitri-tymoczko-75533_song_finally-we-often-hear-some-pitches-or-no_66151.jpg)

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

[Dmitri Tymoczko](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dmitri-tymoczko/)

[Music](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/music/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b03/dmitri-tymoczko-75533_music_by-contrast-the-three-other-features-con_2111841.jpg)

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

[Dmitri Tymoczko](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dmitri-tymoczko/)

[Harmonic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/harmonic/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e5b/dmitri-tymoczko-75533_harmonic_of-these-five-features-harmonic-consiste_2578144.jpg)

```json
{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@graph": [
        {
            "@type": "ItemList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dmitri-tymoczko/#itemlist",
            "name": "Dmitri Tymoczko Quotes",
            "numberOfItems": 3,
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "“Finally, we often hear some pitches or notes as being more important (or “central”) than others. These pitches tend to serve as points of musical arrival, to which others are heard as “leading” or “tending.” Thus, one and the same sequence of notes—such as that”",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Dmitri Tymoczko"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dmitri-tymoczko/finally-we-often-hear-some-pitches-or-notes-as-being-more-important/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e4c/dmitri-tymoczko-75533_song_finally-we-often-hear-some-pitches-or-no_66151.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e4c/dmitri-tymoczko-75533_song_finally-we-often-hear-some-pitches-or-no_66151.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e4c/dmitri-tymoczko-75533_song_finally-we-often-hear-some-pitches-or-no_66151.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“Finally, we often hear some pitches or notes as being more important (or “central”) than others. These…” — Dmitri Tymoczko",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "“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, at least in part, to features of our biological inheritance.10”",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Dmitri Tymoczko"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dmitri-tymoczko/by-contrast-the-three-other-features-conjunct-melodic-motion-limited/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b03/dmitri-tymoczko-75533_music_by-contrast-the-three-other-features-con_2111841.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b03/dmitri-tymoczko-75533_music_by-contrast-the-three-other-features-con_2111841.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b03/dmitri-tymoczko-75533_music_by-contrast-the-three-other-features-con_2111841.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“By contrast, the three other features—conjunct melodic motion, limited macroharmony, and centricity—are…” — Dmitri Tymoczko",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 3,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "“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 music since before the Renaissance; and it is Western, since there are many cultures in which the notion of a “chord progression” simply plays no role. (Many traditional non-Western styles are purely monophonic, or feature an unchanging “drone” harmony;”",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Dmitri Tymoczko"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dmitri-tymoczko/of-these-five-features-harmonic-consistency-is-clearly-the-most/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e5b/dmitri-tymoczko-75533_harmonic_of-these-five-features-harmonic-consiste_2578144.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e5b/dmitri-tymoczko-75533_harmonic_of-these-five-features-harmonic-consiste_2578144.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e5b/dmitri-tymoczko-75533_harmonic_of-these-five-features-harmonic-consiste_2578144.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“Of these five features, harmonic consistency is clearly the most culturally specific. The idea that music…” — Dmitri Tymoczko",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "Person",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dmitri-tymoczko/#person",
            "name": "Dmitri Tymoczko",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dmitri-tymoczko/",
            "image": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-dmitri-tymoczko-75533.jpg",
            "description": "American music theorist... | Dmitri Tymoczko is an American music theorist and composer. As a theorist, he has published more than two dozen articles dealing with topics related to contemporary tonality, including scales, voice leading, and functional harmonic norms. His article \"The Geometry of Musical Chords\" was the first mu"
        },
        {
            "@type": "ProfilePage",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dmitri-tymoczko/#webpage",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dmitri-tymoczko/",
            "name": "Dmitri Tymoczko",
            "isPartOf": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website"
            },
            "mainEntity": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dmitri-tymoczko/#person"
            },
            "primaryImageOfPage": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e4c/dmitri-tymoczko-75533_song_finally-we-often-hear-some-pitches-or-no_66151.jpg"
            },
            "description": "American music theorist... | Dmitri Tymoczko is an American music theorist and composer. As a theorist, he has published more than two dozen articles de...",
            "breadcrumb": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dmitri-tymoczko/#breadcrumb"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dmitri-tymoczko/#breadcrumb",
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "name": "Home",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "name": "Quotes",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 3,
                    "name": "Authors",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/authors/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 4,
                    "name": "Dmitri Tymoczko",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dmitri-tymoczko/"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "WebSite",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "publisher": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "Organization",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "logo": {
                "@type": "ImageObject",
                "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png",
                "width": 512,
                "height": 512
            }
        }
    ]
}
```