NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #27/NN_1992_27.iso/spool/rec/music/compose/352

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From: [e-mail] (Georg Feil)
Subject: Re: Hearing Mental Music
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[e-mail] (Nancy Lebovitz) writes:
>This may sound odd, but sometimes I can sort of hear music running in
>my mind, but as soon as I try to pay attention to it, it stops. Do any
>of you have this problem? Do you know of any way to get better access
>to your internal music?

Doesn't sound so odd to me. I find it's promoted by fairly loud white noise
such as from a fan or (as someone else already said) a subway. The bass player
in my band says he often comes up with musical ideas on the bus or subway.
It's probably a sensory recall thing not directly related to musical training,
because it used to happen to me as a kid way before I started to learn about
music and tried my hand at composing. It was somewhat voluntary -- I could
concentrate on a particular song and soon it would be playing "on its own".

Georg.

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