Music is perceived as having spatial structure — notes, chords, and melodies occupy specific positions or trajectories in three-dimensional space.
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music
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Auditory Spatial
Music is perceived as having spatial structure — notes, chords, and melodies occupy specific positions or trajectories in three-dimensional space. A synesthete might experience a melody as a ribbon curving through the air, with higher notes further away and lower notes closer. This spatial mapping is stable and consistent, creating an internal architecture of music.
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