Internal Listening and Musical Creativity: A Study of Brain Function

Abstract

The relevance of the chosen research topic lies in the fact that inner listening plays a fundamental role in musical creativity and performance. In the context of contemporary music education and performance practice, there is a growing interest in understanding the processes that occur in the musician's brain during musical perception and recreation. This study aims to expand knowledge of the relationship between inner hearing, brain function and musical creativity. The aim of this paper is to study the influence of inner hearing on the process of musical creativity and to identify the neuroscientific mechanisms underlying this interaction. The object of the study is the inner hearing of musicians, and the subject is the relationship of inner hearing with musical creativity and brain functions. The scientific novelty of the study lies in the integrated approach to the study of inner hearing from the point of view of neuroscience and musical creativity, which allows us to update the ideas about the influence of inner hearing on musical activity. The structure of the thesis includes an introduction, two main chapters touching upon the key aspects of inner hearing and its connection with brain functions, as well as a conclusion summarizing the results of the research.