Coherent in the sense that there are repeating patterns. and themes such as descending sections (skipping the same notes each time), repeating bottom-C regularl

Coherent in the sense that there are repeating patterns. and themes such as descending sections (skipping the same notes each time), repeating bottom-C regularly etc. If pretty much anyone can tell if there's a clearly sour note, then why would the majority of pretty much everyone choose for that note to be there? To be honest, this is the first I have ever heard of a Markov Chain, however, in Wikipedia one feature of it is: "the probability distribution of the next state depends only on the current state and not on the sequence of events that preceded it" If consensus heard the whole preceding sequence and chose the next note based on joining the sequence so far with the new note, surely you wouldn't expect it to be like a Markov Chain. Personally, I think that in the final song, parts of it will sound a bit lost but it will be commonly pulled together by the areas which are highly voted (common sense on what should come next). Whether that sounds listenable in the end - we are yet to see.