audiation

Definitions

The comprehension and internal realization of music by an individual in the absence of any physical sound.

countable, uncountable

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Examples

“Audiation takes place⟳ when one hears music through recall⟳ or creation (the sound⟳ not being physically present⟳) and infers musical meaning as compared to aural perception where one listens to music actually being performed.”

“[P]erformance always faces the risk⟳ of failure. One may get⟳ the notes right but quite misconstrue the work⟳. One can discover⟳ one’s problems and then correct⟳ them. Private ‘audiations’ are systematically insulated from the ambient environment critique performance lives in. If being acquainted with the work⟳ in one’s head involves the same demands as becoming acquainted with it in public, presumably one can get⟳ it all wrong.”

“Some performers spend⟳ considerable time reviewing the score⟳ and experiencing the music through audiation, or engage⟳ in internal dialogue to get⟳ themselves into the right orientation to play⟳ while others complete⟳ a technical/physical warm-up with their instruments, playing both exercises and parts of the repertoire.”

“Children will stare⟳ for a few seconds at the parent, teacher, or another person as they become⟳ aware that there is a difference between their own⟳ singing or chanting and someone else's. […] In a sense⟳, children are now attempting to enter⟳ the world of audiation. At this point⟳, however, they do not know⟳ how to correct⟳ their singing, chanting, or movement and, thus, they are unable to begin⟳ to cope with audiation.”

“Rock's fantasists and their immediate parents, like⟳ the Beats, invented their visions and audiations from a vocabulary of imaginary sound⟳ and time spaces (thus, perhaps, "audiochronotopes").”

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