Sound sources can be reinforced mentally when out of vocal range

Evidence

Reinforce means to strengthen or to sustain by merging one’s own pitch with the sound source. If the pitch of the sound source is out of vocal or instrumental range, then it is to be reinforced mentally. — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 323

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines ‘reinforce’ in the Sonic Meditations context — merging one’s pitch with a sound source, including purely mentally.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 323
• XREF: connects to: In sound’s absence the brain amplifies its own internal signals to compensate — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels: The Quest for Absolute…, 610; Imagined amplification allows a heard sound to persist after it stops — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 332

Broader Connections

• In sound’s absence the brain amplifies its own internal signals to compensate #corroborates (0.85) — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels, 610
• Imagined amplification allows a heard sound to persist after it stops #expands (0.75) — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 332