Qualms: Who wants these sounds, this music? Is this music worth taking your time? Is it worth breaking your silence? What does this piece of music do that no other piece of music (or alternative activity) can do? Quarrel: How does this music differ from other music? Is that difference or disagreement potentially productive of more new music? Quantity: Is there enough of this music? Is there too much of this music? Are the internal proportions of this music right (or wrong, in an interesting way)? Quality: Is this music well-considered, well-felt, and well-made? Question: Have you heard something in this music that you have not heard in other music? Have you learned something from this music? Do you value this music, those sounds, these times? Quiet! Does the music articulate phenomena, sounds, that are otherwise inaudible, unknown? In composing, in throwing these sounds out, have I made it possible for you to hear something new? Is this music an opportunity for changing our habits of listening? Can you, did you, hear that too?
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