I know it's synesthesia - it's the main reason I love JS Bach so much; so many colours streaming out like twisting ribbons, entwining and folding to make new colours. I was wondering if there was a common theme between the colours synethetics see. E is gold for me, A is red, G is granite, D is blue, F is grey, Aflat if black, etc. It doesn't work like a rainbow. Also keys have different hues. Does anyone know if there is any research into this?
2006-09-15 01:02:09 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
Sorry colours, slip of the digit.
2006-09-15 01:03:57 · update #1
Wow, can I have what you're on?
2006-09-15 01:04:38 · answer #1 · answered by Catty 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Synesthesia:
a condition in which one type of sensory stimulation creates perception in another sense. The most common form of synesthesia is called “coloured hearing,” where a person experiences a visual sensation when receiving an
auditory signal (for example, hearing the musical tone C and seeing the colour red). Although tone-colour relationships are not identical for all people, there are general uniformities: the deeper a musical note, the darker the colour. Similar colour perceptions, called photisms, may accompany sensations of taste, touch, pain, smell, or temperature. Synesthesia has been used as a literary device by poets as diverse as Edgar Allan Poe, Arthur Rimbaud, Hart Crane, and Dame Edith Sitwell.
2006-09-15 01:11:29 · answer #2 · answered by Britannica Knowledge 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'm so glad you are here!!! Whenever I mention this to people they immediately think I am either a weirdo or I'm taking some drugs. For me, however, it doesn't stop at colours. For me music has shape, weight, texture, taste and I can even tell which body part it goes through when I hear it (other than my ears). For me it occupies all my senses and beyond! I've not heart much about it, although I watched a programme once, a long time ago, but I couldn't find any more information. So it's called synethtic? I'll look it up. Thanks for bringing up a subject.
2006-09-15 01:16:50 · answer #3 · answered by Luvfactory 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The BBC did a great show in this a couple of years ago called "my friend Derek tastes like earwax" (great title!). There is some more information on their website and you can even take part in an on-line test to prove the theories that have been put forward recently. It's great fun and there are loads of other psychological tests as well.
2006-09-15 02:07:41 · answer #4 · answered by bearos3000 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Interesting - A friend of mine has perfect pitch, and says exactly the same thing - ie each note has a distinct colour - I don't know her complete spectrum, but the note I tested her with was F# which she said was blue. The following site may be of interest to you:-
http://members.aol.com/Lambdom/Home/ILRIHomePage.html
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There is no composer to match
our Johann Sebastian Bach
He wasn't as fussy
as Brahms or Dubussy
Sit down and I'll play you a snatch!!
2006-09-15 01:04:27 · answer #5 · answered by Perkins 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bach is obviously getting Back at you thats why Aflat is BLACK kind of scary isn't it?
2006-09-15 01:24:54 · answer #6 · answered by srracvuee 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I went to a herald trumpet concert once and heard purple frequently during it. No mind-altering chems involved.
2006-09-15 01:11:43 · answer #7 · answered by cassandra 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Im with Steve W on this one, only while trippin'
2006-09-15 01:10:30 · answer #8 · answered by Banderes 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't see colours, I see dead people
2006-09-15 01:47:54 · answer #9 · answered by Dave 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i have experienced that while under the influence of LSD
2006-09-15 01:05:37 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋