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Š Mae Lu 2016
“Only when we are muted is when an echo can be heard”
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M rar ovin we e to g to bo nt t see a n wo x. H hrou a smew s Ma tha uld er oi gh h ile tate an ny i n d bru t m not l pai er o on h wa ha m spi r u sho sh o ake have nts. ld th er fa s tou mi ven sic atio . n uld n a s he be Art ing ce gh sky d. T for p She ns o ers bl r la en is a s th . It on thr . Wh hes eop ofte f Ma an ank ugh ab pa at was Ma d l ca a le ssio the on e a of oug en e co le t n v e’s et n t thr mut h th using me o es isual art c he nvas d sm o m n for re w e da nd it c i i ou ed e u z n o r id w ile ake Ma as a y w be gh -ec se diffe for ape es h me a e as she eve frie e. W sm hen cam ac ho of ren ms fro ow s fro n a run d c a m tio , w o t f m aw ryda ds w itho ll w she e ns. he ol c orm s clo by usi m he f r ee ay y. ut oo c it re f u r . the Sett h the it, sh den tra olou s of ds, ormi - sof chil nq rs a me sta ng t e dh bu ing pe e lec oo uili nd dia rs, a a r d d a h ty en pa ople an lum , Ma nd i arm troni in C on intd q ino e ma on c m al he t i uie us s ran gin iou us forn r tne ha sla ati s m ic - ia , p v t e s e ss in es. T s th e ob lody timu drea “M a e h ya pe is fa se ject tha lates msc rt i rso lls ma s flo t so a ap sa n e un gic at ot n in es, cre xp der al ing hes ne r res he rea in ati ses r o lis the the on ;a the ve tic i ne ir id rall dea ch ea the s oo me s fm y im ag ina tio n.” © Mae Lu 2016
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Music is Colourful When listening to music, ask yourself this question: What colours come into your head when listening to a song? It may seem strange, however, it is very common for people with Chromesthesia - or sound-to-color synesthesia is a type of synesthesia in which heard sounds automatically and involuntarily evoke an experience of color. Even though this neurological condition is quite rare, many non-synesthetes do have music-to-color associations.
Try listening to four different types of songs; A fast pace song in a major scale; A fast but complex major song filled with high energy; A slow paced but darker song; And a very simple song in a minor key. Consider the colours that you chose and think why did you choose those specific hues. Was it because of the fast pace of the song? Did the muted songs of the piano
As these questions imply, the musical features that matter most in determining the colors people choose include the tempo (slow to fast), energy (low to high), volume (soft to loud), mode (minor to major), pitch (low to high), harmonic and melodic content (consonant to dissonant), complexity (simple to complex), and distortion (clear to distorted).
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The next time you hear the song on the radio or at home, try to answer the question: What colours do you hear?
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