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Table 1

Published online: 2 March 2005; | doi:10.1038/news050228-9

Synaesthete makes sweet music

Ruth Francis

Table 1 Tasting the tones

These are the tastes experienced by Sulston in response to hearing different tone intervals. The fourth and tritone intervals elicit visual and emotional responses rather than tastes. The dissonant tone intervals seem to induce unpleasant tastes, whereas the consonant intervals induce pleasant ones.



Minor second	Sour
Major second	Bitter
Minor third	Salty
Major third	Sweet
Fourth	Mown grass
Tritone	Disgust
Fifth	Pure water
Minor sixth	Cream
Major sixth	Low-fat cream
Minor seventh	Bitter
Major seventh	Sour
Octave	No taste