Comments on: music colour synaesthesia

By: Max Trebek

Max Trebek — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 01:54:45 +0000

Thanks Barbara for the reply, I’m aware many Synaesthetes do not have common experiences, but I’m curious if any coincidences or inversions of particular notes/colors tend to occur between multiple people. As I’m beginning to study music, I’m curious if I’d be able to incorporate color definitions into my study.

By: Barbara Templeton-Graham

Barbara Templeton-Graham — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 22:49:47 +0000

Dear Lauren – I was so happy to read your response because I “see” what you do in the fact that the name is a color, the title, the notes etc.! It does, indeed get very confusing!!

By: Barbara Templeton-Graham

Barbara Templeton-Graham — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 22:46:41 +0000

Also remember that people with synaesthesia “see” colors that there are no human words for. Sometimes I cannot describe in words what I see – they are not colors in the human eye spectrum – very neat!

By: Barbara Templeton-Graham

Barbara Templeton-Graham — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 22:43:49 +0000

I would be glad to tell you what I “see” and have “seen” since I was a very little child:
A=very dark purple almost black
B=light blue
C=black/not shiney
D=tan or sandy color
E=yellow/gold
F=bright red/very shiney
G=green – like Christmas green
I know that others “see” different colors in each note but these are not negotiable to me and have never changed. I am almost 60 years old now.
When I was a little girl I would “see” these colors as I played but never knew until much later that everyone did not see them. The chords corresponding to each note are the same colors but a ‘7′ chord adds tan to the chord and a minor chord adds darkness into the color. The key signatures are colored too so it makes it even nicer.When my students (children) sing colors flow from them all over the room. It is wonderful!

I would be very glad to be involved with anyone who is interested in this study!

By: Max Trebek

Max Trebek — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 21:45:09 +0000

Would any music Synaesthetes be so kind as to define for me which colors go with which musical notes? I’ve read a few accounts but so far nobody has laid it out exactly, A-G, matching each note in the scale with its appropriate color. This would be very helpful to me, thanks. Anyone who has experienced it would surely agree it is a superior method of understanding music.

By: Caroline

Caroline — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 01:15:28 +0000

Hello , you know I have only 13 years old and I have synaesthesia but I always thought that.. it was normal but I saw a tv program about that and I just tell my mom that I see colors in music especially in techno music im only take piano class like when I was 8 and choir class but since I saw that tvprogram I became more interested im sorry about my spelling is just that im from Mexico and im just 13 …. thanks for this info.!!

By: Marlene

Marlene — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 04:57:12 +0000

that’s interesting what Anna said about her daughter seeing gray blobs when she was depressed. I’ve always hated gray in large doses because it’s such a drab depressing color. I wonder how much is synesthesia and how much is just human nature. It’s so confusing…

By: Judah

Judah — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 03:24:24 +0000

Hello.
So im a singer song writer. When i play certain notes or chords or if a song is in a certain key i see different colours. for example when i play Em i see green for Anything in A i see red tones. Its weird i kind of just see the colour and nothing else but only for certain notes. Em is by far the most vivid. is this synesthesia? It can be very distracting when i perform. Il be playing a tune and i will just see the colour. is it synesthesia or is it just a weird musician thing? I would love to know!

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By: lauren

lauren — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 21:31:37 +0000

Thank you to everyone who posted a message on here over the last couple of years – this blog had been left untouched but your messages still arrived at my inbox and I read them all.

I will begin to reply to them on the blog over the next few days, even comments from two years ago.

Thanks for reading.