Audiation is the ability to hear music in your mind—when you read notation, compose, or recall a tune without external sound. It is a form of auditory imagery focused on Music (melody, rhythm, timbre). Composers and performers often rely on audiation to test phrases and harmonies internally. It is related to the mind's ear and distinct from earworms (involuntary musical imagery). The Imagination Index measures auditory imagery as one of the six senses, including musical imagery.
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