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Nikki88
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03 Jan 2008, 6:02 pm

Same here - it comes in handy when I don't have a radio, CD player, computer, or iPod anywhere near me. ^^ I'm also the only musical member of my immediate family; my Grandmother, however, was a fairly talented vocalist when she was younger, and my great-grandmother and all of her siblings were skilled at the piano.

As for me, I can both sing and play piano - although I've let them slide a little since I haven't had lessons for a few years.

One of the things I've noticed having a soundtrack in your head allows you to do is pick out the tune on an instrument. I remember several years ago that I shocked my family by picking out the (vocal melody) Winnie the Pooh song without ever having seen the notes .. . . not that impressive in the grand scheme of things, I know, but it sure impressed my non-musical parents.

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03 Jan 2008, 8:56 pm

I can play by ear, and have taught meself several instruments over the last few decades. Have a soundtrack, but unfortunately it winds up usually being the hold music from our teleconferences..sigh...

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04 Jan 2008, 12:13 am

Tortuga wrote:

duncansbass wrote:

I have a lifelong fascination with music, could pat rythyms as a child in time on my thighs (in time meaning musically in time, not random) and can as an adult pick up any instrument and get music out of it. I even got a cheap clarinet from eBay and can play. I have never had a music lesson.

The soundtrack in my head is a constant, and I hear music where there is none--I hear random sounds around me and hear them as melody--not as actual music, but the possibility of it. That may not make much sense, but it's difficult to explain.

I once was overheard patting as a child by some guy who asked my mom how many drum lessons I'd had, because I was patting alternately in 3/4, 4/4, and 7/8 time, the last being especially difficult. She replied I'd had no music lessons. I was 8. All I was doing was imitating the rythyms in songs I'd heard, but I hear them in more detail than most people.

Is your son like that at all? Or is it something else?

I believe he's thinking about music all the time and, honestly, I feel dense for not realizing it sooner. I have to get him an instrument. He keeps the songs in his head because there's a disconnect with the way he hears it and the way he vocalizes it. For example, he'll try to vocalize an instrumental song (like the theme to Superman) and he'll say that it's right in his head, but wrong the way he's saying it. He likes songs with lyrics, but seems to prefer instrumentals.

It sounds like he is hearing subtle resonances in the music that most people don't detect. I hear subtleties in songs that others don't seem to hear. Now that I am older I know they are interactions between pitches and tones that it takes a very sharp ear to detect. I would encourage the music as much as you can, and maybe expose him to different instruments.

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04 Jan 2008, 12:35 am

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Nothing wrong with this at all. In fact it's great. He's connecting to something that speaks to him and that resonates with him. That's awesome.

I agree!

I often play songs in my head too. I connect to music because it sustains me when I feel alone (which is much of the time, since I'm not the best with social skills), so I always want it around me.

A lot of times I'll have a song that plays in my head for a day or a week or a month that is "me." I'll sing this song to myself when I feel stressed in the world (in a crowd or noisy environment, or feeling lonely, or stressed on the way to a meeting, etc.) to direct my focus inwards and sort of block out the world a bit. It helps sometimes.

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04 Jan 2008, 4:04 pm

My life is music. I aspire to double major in trumpet performance and music education.

Get your son a piano. Not one of those cheap little synthesizers. I mean like a real piano if you can afford it. Look around a bit, you could find a used upright (the smallest kind, it fits in almost any room) for littler money than you think.

Also, ask him if he knows what key a certain song is in or what pitch is being played. Make a video of it if you feel comfortable; I'm curious if he's correct. I've had absolute pitch since I was 2 years old and can hear almost everything, including things I don't want to hear. I can hear sounds that are higher than almost all humans can detect, like when you charge up the flash on a disposable camera. OH THE AGONY >.>

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04 Jan 2008, 4:04 pm

I do this sometimes.

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04 Jan 2008, 8:51 pm

oh i love music,

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05 Jan 2008, 3:01 am

I can't imagine life without music. I tend to get songs stuck in my head easily and find myself humming them or tapping to the beat, or sometimes quietly singing if I know the lyrics and don't think anyone is paying attention to me. I have a friend that listens to nothing but NPR when hes in the car and I honestly think hes completely nuts as when I'm driving around, loud music is a necessity.

I keep telling myself that I need to learn an instrument at some point, but never get around to it.

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05 Jan 2008, 12:53 pm

Tortuga wrote:

My son is very often playing a soundtrack in his head. I've only become aware of it recently because he was not that verbal when he was younger. I'm not sure how long this has been going on. He appreciates music more than I can understand.

Is anyone else here the same way?

Wow, haha! Absolutely! I've been like that for the past 32 years of my 35 years of life! I have the incredible ability to make my own unique music videos in my head to my favourite tunes, even classical music! But if I took the time to explain them all, this would be too long

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