Test your musicians ear !

Jay Fagerlie · Post by **Jay Fagerlie** » 23 Nov 2006 9:26 am

Mike,
Why is it a stupid test?
J

Mike Shefrin · Post by **Mike Shefrin** » 23 Nov 2006 10:22 am

Jay,
Actually I take that back. It's not stupid, but I sure wouldn't let the results of this test whether they were high or low
influence me in terms of where I think I am at musically. That's really what I should have said initially.
Mike

Chris LeDrew · Post by **Chris LeDrew** » 23 Nov 2006 10:27 am

Some interesting melodies, actually.

Ray Riley · Post by **Ray Riley** » 23 Nov 2006 11:40 am

Mark Vinbury · Post by **Mark Vinbury** » 23 Nov 2006 11:54 am

My score was 72 on the first try and 94 + on the second.
Must have been stage fright.

Bill Miller · Post by **Bill Miller** » 23 Nov 2006 3:05 pm

83.3% first attempt. I may try it again but do you reckon they might come out with an all pedal steel version later on? I hate those techno sounds.

Les Anderson · Post by **Les Anderson** » 23 Nov 2006 3:57 pm

Jeez, Am I the only one who flunked the bloody test?

Now what?

Michael Barone · Post by **Michael Barone** » 23 Nov 2006 5:08 pm

86.1 relaxing after Thanksgiving Dinner. I don't think the recall of dissonant passages would be significant, especially with wierd synth patches of strange harmonic content, played at close intervals.

(IMHO) The range should be made wider, forcing one to account for practical intervals and octaves.

I thought about a test where you "name that chord". Now that (again, IMHO) would be a more practical test in which you could train and improve your ear. But then, that's how I think, being an educator.

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Ken Fox · Post by **Ken Fox** » 23 Nov 2006 5:26 pm

http://www.good-ear.com/servlet/EarTrainer

This one is great! Found it about a year ago.

Mark White · Post by **Mark White** » 23 Nov 2006 8:38 pm

Took it twice with the exact same result 83.3 %

Nate LaPointe · Post by **Nate LaPointe** » 24 Nov 2006 11:27 am

77.8% for me. Not bad. I guess if you know what to look for it's a bit easier.

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Glenn Suchan · Post by **Glenn Suchan** » 24 Nov 2006 12:48 pm

What'dya know 'bout that? I got 88.9 % !!! Far better than I thought I'd do.

Keep on pickin'!
Glenn

Gary Schuldt · Post by **Gary Schuldt** » 24 Nov 2006 1:56 pm

75% Normal. Lot of Fun!

Joey Ace · Post by **Joey Ace** » 24 Nov 2006 5:46 pm

Let me join the majority here with 83.3%

Good speakers no distractions.

Fun Link, Bob!

graham rodger · Post by **graham rodger** » 24 Nov 2006 7:17 pm

i got 83.3% well pleased!!

Darryl Hattenhauer · Post by **Darryl Hattenhauer** » 24 Nov 2006 7:54 pm

Gary,
I'm also about 75% normal, and it is indeed a lot of fun.

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Greely Baggett · Post by **Greely Baggett** » 24 Nov 2006 10:59 pm

80.6. I'm amazed. Maybe I should switch instruments and go "Techno". Oh well...

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Frederic Mabrut · Post by **Frederic Mabrut** » 27 Nov 2006 8:48 am

88.6 just before dinner.

Bobby Lee · Post by **Bobby Lee** » 27 Nov 2006 2:23 pm

I got 91.7% (3 wrong answers). It was fun. I wondered if they were doing any temperament differences or things like that to trip people up.

One of the ones I missed was #33. I listened to it again, and they still sound different to me. It says that only 23% of people get this correct. Either the test is wrong, or there's something about that phrase that makes it sound different each time you listen to it, even though it's the same.

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Bill Miller · Post by **Bill Miller** » 27 Nov 2006 6:57 pm

In the FAQ area a violinist with the Detroit Symphony reports scoring 100% twice in a row. He must be incredibly sharp or extremely lucky. I got 91.7% on my second try but I'm thinking it's pretty much pointless to keep repeating it. My first result was quite decent and it represents what the test was intended to measure. It would be fun to do it again with all different sound samples. A test that puts a bit more emphasis on subtle differences in pitch would be interesting too.

James Cann · Post by **James Cann** » 27 Nov 2006 9:25 pm

Since most of us are products of the 40's and 50's, who remembers the Seashore Musical Aptitude Test, given in elementary schools? I remember doing very well on stuff like this (though no one ever told me percentiles or scores), so it was with some embarrassment that I clocked in at only 80.3 on this one.

Gordon Borland · Post by **Gordon Borland** » 30 Nov 2006 7:51 pm

I took the test but could not find a score.
All I see is;
"You can reliably defferentiate two tones
1.2 Hz apart". But I did not see anything about a percentage anywhere or is this another test to see how dumb I am????

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Dave Little · Post by **Dave Little** » 1 Dec 2006 8:35 am

Apearantly, I can tell tone differences of 1.35 Hz. This makes me world class! Whoopee!
Dave Little

Bill Miller · Post by **Bill Miller** » 1 Dec 2006 3:11 pm

I wonder did they just put this second test up? I didn't notice this one before. It says I can reliably hear pitch differences 0.825 Hz apart. I used headphones.

Brian McGaughey · Post by **Brian McGaughey** » 1 Dec 2006 9:59 pm

There's hope for me! 100% on the phrase id's and able to detect .9 Hz difference in pitch...Yipee! And this after a couple glasses of wine (maybe that helped!). Now I just need to learn to play the PSG.

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