| Learning NLP inevitably demands that you learn sub-modalities. Many
practitioners question whether you need the sub-modalities model to
effect change in yourself or clients. One way or another, our nervous
system uses sub-modalities to encode meaning. More on this in later
articles.
Today, we'll talk about sub-modalities of the auditory representational system.
In NLP, we consider sub-modalities to be
the particular characteristics or qualities of a specific
representational system. For instance, auditory sub-modalities include
sound volume, sound distance, sound location, sound tonality and so
forth and so on.
In the case of manipulating auditory sub-modalities in NLP, a great
analogy to use is your stereo. Using your remote control, you can
manipulate sound until you hear it just the way you intend it to. You
can pan sound from the left to the right speaker, increase the volume,
alter the equalization and so forth. Likewise, you can do this in your
hallucinatory apparatus.
So, what are some of the auditory sub-modalities that you can adjust to change you reaction to the sounds you hallucinate?
1. Mono vs. stereo
2. Loud or quiet
3. Inflections (words marked out)
4. Pauses
5. Duration
6. Rhythm (regular, irregular)
7. Volume
8. Variations: looping, fading in and out, moving location
9. Tonality
10. Qualities of sound (raucous, soft, windy)
11. Static vs. moving
12. Location
13. Tempo
14. Soft vs. rasping
15. Frequency (high vs. low pitch)
16. Source of sound
17. Cadence
18. Timbre (characteristic sound, such as a voice like Bugs Bunny)
19. Movement of the source
20. Tempo
21. Voice: whose voice, one or many
22. Background sound vs. only sound
Now, to the most important part of the article (and of NLP
practice). Print out this list and find a buddy to play with. Now,
close your eyes and hear a neutral sound in your mind. It might be the
sound of a train pulling into a station, of a car starting or the
introductory melody of 20th century FOX movies.
Then, ask your buddy to guide you into transforming that sound. They
should simply say: "now, make the sound speed up." Then: "now, bring it
back to normal tempo." And then move on to the next item.
Practice and please post your comments and questions on the blog to
stimulate one another. Tomorrow, we'll learn more about kinesthetic
sub-modalities.
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