Creative cognition - Involuntary Musical Imagery as a source of creative
ideas for composers
Natalia Copeland
Artes Liberales, University of Warsaw, Poland
n.copeland@al.uw.edu.pl
ABSTRACT
Background
Mental composing is a crucial element of the creative process in music. Two
subtypes of musical imagery: voluntary and involuntary, are involved in
composing.
Involuntary musical imagery (InMI) is the...