Seeing music

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A Japanese person, teaching a college course on musical composition, described it, in terms of the five, philosophical elements.

He said that it would be monotonous and incomplete, unless it had the qualities of fire, water, earth, etc.

Maybe, this is an explanation, for how deaf people were able to write symphonies, assuming that they were somewhat mathematical, and that sensations can be experienced, through different organs.

I believe it would be interesting, if these images were compared, to see whether synesthetes are experiencing the same numbers and tones, in a similar way.

One simplistic way of doing this, would be a multiple choice test or online poll (if there are not too many of those, already.)

My ability does help me, as I can tell through the patterns I see whether a note is in tune or not (I play the violin).
Mostly, I like to hear myself or others play the violin to feel and see music the most, although electric and acoustic guitar also makes me see some intriguing patterns and colors.
Some notes when people sing give me nice shivery/tingling feelings as well.

I can recognize it all.
One downside: When I trained solfege, I could say "Dusty orange rose", before I remembered the expression "low sixth"

I'm interested in what you actually see in each song. I don't have synasthesia, but it seems interesting. If you listen to a song, are you able to paint what you see?

Bach: Colors. When listening to Bach while painting, I see colors. (My art teacher looked at a picture and said: This is organ music by Bach - and it was.
As little, I saw graphic scores, when listening to Mozart.
Beethoven is soft, often dark colors and rounded shapes - sometimes opaque, sometimesb glassy.

When I´m in an intense painting process I hear cascades of orchestral sound.