On February 03 2013 03:42 Sicion wrote:
I got a score of 86.1 %
28 years old male with no music experience except singing when i drive to work and back.

I guess it shows that amount of being tone deaf is mostly about the talent you are born with.
While practice can make it even better, I don't think I can ever reach 80

Zandar

Netherlands1541 Posts

February 02 2013 18:49 GMT

#42

Also, if you reach 80+ you will post your results here.
If you reach 60- fat chance you won't

netherh

United Kingdom333 Posts

February 02 2013 18:50 GMT

#43

Another 86.1% . Diamond league here too, I guess.

Looking at the stats after the result page, it looks like the average is 73%, so I guess the thing about talented musicians is just to make people more relaxed about their score / influence guesses about their ability.

As for people redoing - I'm sure I could get 100 if I "properly concentrated" since it tells you the answers afterwards. :p

It's also interesting to see that only 23% of people got no. 33 right (I didn't).

farvacola

United States18838 Posts

February 02 2013 19:03 GMT

#44

91%, shoulda been higher, I didn't really understand the quiz for the first few questions lol.

Mementoss

Canada2595 Posts

February 02 2013 19:03 GMT

#45

91.7% Correct
nice

EtherealDeath

United States8366 Posts

February 02 2013 19:15 GMT

#46

Zzzz 80.6%, although didn't realize until the very end when I started noticing too many of the same melody but different timings that the timings probably didn't matter...

jubil

United States2602 Posts

February 02 2013 19:44 GMT

#47

63% or something, despite many years of musical training from elementary though high school (though it's been 5 years since I touched an instrument)....

I always did know my natural pitch perception was quite poor, and my singing is bad too, so not really surprised how low I got.

I think if the test was conducted using traditional orchestral instruments I would have scored higher. I guess people with better natural ability and/or more training can adjust to hearing the abstract electronic sounds.

ps. I really hate to confirm the stereotype, but I was a violist...

L_Master

United States8017 Posts

February 02 2013 20:00 GMT

#48

On February 03 2013 03:22 micronesia wrote:

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I would guess you are right, but it seems like many people link your abilities on a test like this with your singing abilities... that seems incorrect to me. Maybe being tone deaf in the context of this test can hurt, but I doubt that it's the only factor that contributes to why your singing sounds worse to you then to an observer.

It could affect your ability to be in tune. What I would expect is that someone scoring well on this test is that they would recognize easily if they are off in pitch when singing something or singing alone with something.

However, this says nothing about their ability to correctly adjust pitch and get back to singing on key. That has a mechanical aspect. You can know you are out of tune but not have the coordination to be able to adjust and anticipate upcoming pitches correctly.

It also says nothing about your technique/tone/resonance. You might be wonderfully in tune but be singing in a raspy, nasal tone.

-Kaiser-

Canada932 Posts

February 02 2013 20:02 GMT

#49

75%

I think I missed a lot of them because I was only listening for the melody.

AnythingThenDelete

381 Posts

February 02 2013 20:09 GMT

#50

83.3 % , I guess I had luck.

I can't make any differences between " good " and " bad " earphones for example and I have shitty taste when it comes to music ( that doesn't mean I can't hear but still ).

And I agree with all the " the long one are hard " , especially if they are the same ...

Epishade

United States2267 Posts

February 02 2013 20:13 GMT

#51

83.3 for me. Also as I was going through the quiz, I felt like some of the songs were from like Zelda and Mario games a bit. Then I read here that someone else thought the same haha.

Ilikestarcraft

Korea (South)17731 Posts

February 02 2013 20:18 GMT

#52

63.9% T.T

E.L.V.I.S

Belgium458 Posts

February 02 2013 20:20 GMT

#53

86.1%, I redid it after trying to get better score and paying more attention but I got 86.1% again

im pretty sure I can't get better score now xD

Firebolt145

Lalalaland34495 Posts

February 02 2013 20:25 GMT

#54

I got 75%. I don't know how I feel about this test, I have perfect pitch and can easily identify any note you play for me. But this test tests more than just that, a huge part of it is memory alone.

Was still fun to give it a try. ^_^

Bojas

Netherlands2397 Posts

February 02 2013 20:34 GMT

#55

Got 70% with cheap earbud audio in a room with TV playing in the background. I think using a 1000$ noise cancelling headset would make this so much easier

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Edit: 0 experience in playing an instrument.

SamsungStar

United States912 Posts

February 02 2013 20:46 GMT

#56

75%. I had no clue what I was doing. Just sort of listened to the two and if one seemed wrong I mashed the red button. I think I have pretty shitty hearing tbh when it comes to music.

Aerisky

United States12129 Posts

February 02 2013 20:53 GMT

#57

I think it depends on how much you focus lol, I actually did pretty bad but I have perfect pitch. Maybe it's a memory thing :x

Djzapz

Canada10681 Posts

February 02 2013 20:53 GMT

#58

72.2%. Dat average.

Loser777

1931 Posts

February 02 2013 20:59 GMT

#59

Wasn't paying attention -> 66%. Paying attention -> 77%... I think it's about memory imo.

GenesisX

Canada4267 Posts

February 02 2013 21:01 GMT

#60

86.1%. It's weird because I play the drums and haven't done theory extensively. Think I also could have done better if I wasn't on my shittop, but thats not really an excuse :p