Music • Target: 10 mins

Hum before you play

For some people with aphantasia, sound is an open channel. This tests whether it is for you.

Steps to follow:

With your eyes open, try to hum a short phrase that doesn't exist yet.
Notice whether the phrase arrived before the sound or only as you made it. Either answer is fine.
Record it on your phone.
Find it on an instrument or a keyboard app.
Repeat twice more, changing one thing each time: the rhythm, the starting note or the speed.
Keep your favourite and save it with a name.