• coyotino [he/him]@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    it’s interesting, if u asked me to be honest about it, i would say that’s pretty close to how i actually perceive songs in my head when i have something stuck in there. Maybe it’s just me, but I don’t think i can imagine all of the instruments of a song at once while replaying a song in my head. There’s like the words (if I know them), and maybe like the broad melody and the accents from other instruments, but that’s about it.

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      1 year ago

      Interesting, for me I can hear the song vocals and instruments in my head exactly like listening to it, but I can’t play an instrument or sing on key…even though I know exactly how it should sound

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        I feel like this could just be a result of your brain being very good at fooling you into thinking you perceive something when you don’t. It’s kind of like how you can “see” a huge landscape in very fine details, but really the only part you actually see well is the centre of your visual field.

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          I would disagree with the fooling, because if I try to sing I know its bad or wrong instantly because I have the full audio clip in my head to compare to. I can describe it in extreme detail, and recall the bass line, guitar, other instruments, even the unique vocal sound from a singer, and even direct somebody in how/why they don’t sound like the song. i just have zero muscial ability on my own. Now if it is drawing though I can recall in 3d and draw a map or house plan down to fine detail after seeing it once and even decades ago. It’s like what they call those flashbulb memories. Faces I would say are fooled in my head as you said about landscapes. I can visualize somebodies faces somewhat, but couldn’t draw them very accurately. And names I will often forget if I haven’t seen the person in a long time. The brain is weird. My wife does not know what I look like if she closes her eyes. I had sent a picture of a coworker before and she asked when I shaved my beard? I’m like that isn’t me. LOL

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            I don’t mean to say that you would be incapable of imagining each of the details of a piece. What I mean is that at any given moment, you’re only paying attention to a small part of the piece while your brain fills in the rest with an approximation so it appears as if you hear the whole thing at once.

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              Possibly, like if I focus on lyrics I hear all the lyrics, if I focus on the music I hear all the instruments.