audiation
- noun
- /ɔːˈdiːeɪʃən/
- Specialized
- Practicing audiation helps musicians internalize rhythms and harmonies without relying on instruments.
- audiation skills
- notational audiation
- rhythm audiation
Examples
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Ultimately, students learned to rely on their audiation for musical information rather than on the teacher or notation.
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Furthermore, we have used audiation to teach both sight-singing and performance skills.
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As stated previously, our approach to audiation in applied teaching begins with listening.
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Analysis requires audiation as well as musical vocabulary to discuss the elements of music.
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In the early lessons, audiation skills and executive skills should be considered separately.
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The spirit of Standard 5 is to teach in a way that promotes audiation before notation.
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One of the main reasons for this is that audiation is the basis of music aptitude.
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The goal is to play the instrument as an extension of the mind's inner audiation instrument.
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We have presented methods for teaching and using audiation in aural skills classes and applied lessons.
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Whether teaching children of preschool age or those already in school, the importance of audiation requires prime consideration.
Academic text (1999)
Synonyms
A way of hearing music or words inside your head
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Audiation comes from the Latin root aud- meaning 'to hear' and the ending -ation, and you can see aud- in everyday words like audio and audience. So, audiation is like 'hearing' in your mind, imagining music or other sounds without any real sound.