auralize

To model acoustic phenomena in a virtual environment; to engage in auralization.

To form a mental representation of what something sounds like.

For example I ask musicians to auralize the sound of cells dividing as a sonic metaphor in the score to Primordial Lift. It could be helpful though to actually be able to hear the real sound as an example. We live in a sonorous environment.

Play the first note of a scale, and while holding it, auralize the second note; then play the second note, and while holding it, hear in your head the third note; then play that note, and continue throughout the scale.