Warren Brodsky|Avishai Henik|Bat Sheva Rubinstein|Moshe Zorman
Auditory imagery from musical notation in expert musicians
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev|Ben-Gurion University of the Negev|Tel Aviv University|Levinsky College of Education
anecdotal evidence suggested musical notation trigger auditory images expert musicians silently read scores containing wellknown themes embedded notation embellished phrase judged tune heard aloud thereafter original theme ie melodic target ie melodic lure three experiments conducted employing four scorereading conditions normal nondistracted reading concurrent rhythmic distraction phonatory interference obstruction auditory stimuli findings demonstrate phonatory interference impaired recognition original themes conditions propose notational audiation silent reading musical notation resulting auditory imagery research suggests also elicits kinestheticlike phonatory processes