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Post by Jay Fagerlie »

Mike,
Why is it a stupid test?
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Post by Mike Shefrin »

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.
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Post by Chris LeDrew »

Some interesting melodies, actually.
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Post by Ray Riley »

75%
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My score was 72 on the first try and 94 + on the second.
Must have been stage fright.
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Post by Bill Miller »

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. Image
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Post by Les Anderson »

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

Now what?
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Post by Michael Barone »

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

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

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Post by Mark White »

Took it twice with the exact same result 83.3 %
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Post by Nate LaPointe »

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

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Post by Glenn Suchan »

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

Keep on pickin'!
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Post by Gary Schuldt »

75% Normal. Lot of Fun!
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Post by Joey Ace »

Let me join the majority here with 83.3%

Good speakers no distractions.

Fun Link, Bob!
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Post by graham rodger »

i got 83.3% well pleased!!
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Post by Darryl Hattenhauer »

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

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Post by Greely Baggett »

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

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88.6 just before dinner.
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Post by Bobby Lee »

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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Post by Bill Miller »

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.
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Post by James Cann »

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.
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Post by Gordon Borland »

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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Post by Dave Little »

Apearantly, I can tell tone differences of 1.35 Hz. This makes me world class! Whoopee!
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Post by Bill Miller »

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.
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Post by Brian McGaughey »

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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