DoctorWho? Posted November 9, 2009 Share Posted November 9, 2009 I had a friend who could see colors and identify keys as such. I was amazed. I would play random notes on the guitar and he would nail them 100% of the time. He would also associate different people's personalities with different keys. He saw himself as an F# minor and me too. He had a detailed description and mood or 'feel' for each person, color and key. I thought maybe he was a rare case but it sounds like many people have this to some degree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJVista Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 I don't think I have true synethesia, even though I wish soooo much that I did, but I do associate these keys with colors: C Major: White c minor: Orange c# minor: Grey D Major: Green d minor: Dark Green Db Major: Light Green e minor: Dark Purple Eb Major: Orange F Major: Its a color I can't identify, but its a happy color. f# minor: Dark Red & Black (simultaneously) G Major: Pale Blueish-Whitish (another unidentifiable color) g minor: Navy Blue Gb Major: Light Purple A Major: Brilliant Yellow a minor: White Ab Major: Mellow Light Yellow ab minor: Yellow-Green B Major: Light Blue b minor: A different Navy blue than g minor Bb Major: Blue bb minor: Blue-Black Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferkungamabooboo Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 Thread necromancy is AWESOME. What's worse? Necromancy or repetitive threads? I maintain my previous position on synaesthesia (i'm lazy tonight). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AaronForrestCoff Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 I wish I had synesthesia...I guess that's how things work sometimes. For those of you WITH synesthesia, You find yourselves in extraordinary company. One of my greatest influences was a synesthesiac... Claude Debussy. I, on the other hand, suffer from manic/depressive, and compose on bipolar creativity. I more associate motifs with thoughts and images. The keys, however, do come into play. Whenever I hear the Key of F Major, for instance, there's a certain deep warmth there, and I visualize light/the sun... or when I hear a stepwise melody in the B-dorian mode, I get choked up... But I don't usually associate a specific colour to specific notes. Edit: famous composers with manic/depression include but are not limited to: Beethoven Berlin Holst Schoenberg Stravinsky (speculated, not proven) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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