Dear Walt, I'm behind on my digests as well, but I am thrilled to know that I wasn't nuts! Thanks so much for easing my mind!
Sherelle In a message dated 12/14/2001 11:43:32 AM Pacific Standard Time, BigWaltinSF writes: > Sherelle wrote: > > I don't know if what sense this makes, but when I was little, I used to > relate key signatures to colors. Purple was what I know now as E or E flat > major. Blue was A or A flat major, and green was the key of G or C major. I > > still see key signatures that way and I don't know why. Oh well! > > -- This is a very common phenomenon, and since I'm days behind on the > digests, I'm sure you've already gotten responses, Sherelle. They even > have a name for it -- for the experience of perceiving or associating one > kind of perception, say a color, with a musical note, or warmth/coldness, > or even a taste. But i can't for the life of me remember the technical > term. I'm sure someone else on the list will remember. > > warmly (greenly, in the key of C), > > Walt
