THE PHENOMENON OF SYNESTHESIA AND ITS ROLE IN TRADITIONAL INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC CULTURE
The article considers synesthesia as a phenomenon of nonverbal thinking formed in the subconscious. Both color and timbre, being a form of energy, affecting all the senses, are able to evoke an image of a phenomenon of objective reality, that is, to simulate its image as a sensation. Thanks to the timbre-color sensations formed mainly in the subconscious, the deep role of timbre as an archimage is revealed. The continuum properties of timbre are of particular importance for mythological-type cultures.