Journal · Video
Can Inner Hearing Be Measured? Auditory Imagery in Pianists
12 min 21 sec ·
This video accompanies the Journal essay — Can We Actually Measure Inner Hearing? — from The PianoWell System. Watch it here, then read the full essay for the complete argument and detailed study.
About this video
Piano teaching often separates inner hearing from technique. This film explores how what a pianist hears inwardly may affect movement, the learning of technically demanding music, and the sound created at the instrument — and asks whether that inner musical representation can actually be measured, from a single imagined pitch to an entire score.
Science can test an imagined pitch. But what happens when the inner musical image contains harmony, timbre, voicing, movement — and an entire score?